I'm afraid of the strain of this interview——!
[Pauses.]
—You've never told me, dear—for what was your father imprisoned?
Vaughan
[Deliberately.]
He made a speech against the war in our town in Missouri and printed it in a pamphlet——
Betty
Oh—for making and circulating seditious writing——
Vaughan
Technically, yes—in reality for exercising the right of free speech on a policy of the government——