“You’re taking it very coolly, Addie.”
“Dad, what else is there to do? If it’s better like that ... for the two of you ... I’m bound to think it all right.”
“If you can talk like that, it’s because you’re not so fond of us....”
“No, I’m just as fond of you: of Mamma, Dad, and of you. But, if it’s got to be, it’s got to be....”
“It’s strange, Addie, how everything suddenly, one fine day, seems likely to become different....”
“Mamma saw it like that....”
“Yes. Mamma has changed lately, don’t you think?”
“Mamma has become rather gentler, not so quick-tempered.”
“Yes, not so quick-tempered.”
“That’s all....”