“Tell you what was the matter with her?”
“Yes.”
He took a few more turns.
“Of course she’s very young,” he said, “but there doesn’t seem any excuse for some of the things she said. She—I didn’t think women—even girls—felt that way. I know it’s a sacrifice, but I thought every woman had instincts.”
“Every woman has, but not always at this stage. Wait till the baby comes.”
A funny, shaken smile came over Walter’s face.
“I’d do anything in the world to make it easy. But of course if she’s going to hate it so——”
“It’s just her condition,” Cecily told him. “Lots of women are hysterical. You’re utterly in the wrong, Walter, when you argue with her. You want to soothe her, divert her. She’s just a child and she hasn’t had a bit of experience.”
“She’s older than you were.”
“Della says I’m a different type, but I can remember, Walter, times when the world frightened me to death. The only thing that helped was to feel that Dick was going along with me.”