"Certainly."
"Has he told you so?"
"He has told me so."
"And what did you answer?"
"I? Nothing. He asked me nothing. He merely announced a fact. It's from you that he expects an answer."
"From me?" she exclaimed.
"Every letter calls for an answer."
"I shan't answer this one."
"Why not?"
"Because I have nothing to say to him."