Hughes and Miller laughed with him, but no one else. All were deeply impressed with Mrs. Darrell's words.
“I wish she had told me this before,” Darrell said, and resumed his recumbent position.
“Yes, why didn't she?” Gasbang asked.
“Because women are bound to do mischief,” Mathews replied.
“She stated her reasons very clearly,” Romeo said.
“What were they?” Mathews asked.
“Can your memory be failing you already, Mr. Mathews, that you forget what you just heard, or are you getting hard of hearing?” Romeo answered.
Mathews snorted and turned his back on Romeo. Everett answered him, saying:
“My mother said that she wished the purchase to be kept quiet until the Don should have his title. Then the fact of the land being his, would prove the correctness of having paid for what we took, and thus all discussions would have been avoided. Unfortunately some busybody went to see the entry, and came to herald his glorious discovery.”
“How did she know that the Don's title would not be rejected?” Mathews inquired.