“Quite well, thank you.”
“Let me see—you are living in New York now?”
“No, I am at present in Banbridge.”
“Banbridge?”
“In New Jersey.”
“Let me see—your family consists of your wife and a daughter and son?”
“Two daughters and a son. One daughter married, last September, Major Arms.”
“Arms? Oh, I know him. A fine man.” Fowler regarded Carroll with a slight show of respect. “But,” he said, “I thought—Major Arms is nearly quite your age, is he not?”
“He is much older than Ina, but she seemed very fond of him.”
“Well, she has a fine man for a husband,” said Fowler, still with the air of respect. “Your son is quite a boy now?”