“United States Senator judicial temperament bound to see both sides. Well, why doesn’t some one open both the kittens’ eyes if they can’t appreciate each other?”
He turned to look at her. “You’re pleased about all this, aren’t you?”
“Well, perhaps just a little satisfied in my heart. Cecily made me the butt of the town for weeks with that Ellen stuff. Do you blame me for a little human nature?”
“I don’t blame you for anything, Fliss. I accept you.”
“And Cecily?”
“I said that was none of our business.”
“Then why spend so long composing notes to her last night?”
He looked at her accusingly.
“In the wastebasket, my dear. I don’t always go over it, but I was so interested. Evidently you hadn’t gone very far with any of the notes.”
“Once in a while I think that nothing but a spanking, Fliss——”