At length she spoke. “You saw Maggie that night you hurried away from here?”
“Yes, grandmother. Have you heard from her since the?—or from Barney or Old Jimmie?”
The Duchess shook her head. “Do you mind telling me what happened that night—and what Maggie's doing?”
Larry told her of the scene in Maggie's suite at the Grantham, told of the plan in which Maggie was involved and of his own added predicament. This last the Duchess seemingly ignored.
“Just about what I supposed she was doing,” she said. “And you tried again to get her to give it up?”
“Yes.”
“And she refused?”
“Yes.” And he added: “Refused more emphatically than before.”
The Duchess studied him a long moment. Then: “You're not trying to make her give that up just because you think she's worth saving. You like her a lot, Larry?”
“I love her,” Larry admitted.