"Yes, yes, I know that. But he's all right now. He doesn't want that perpetual attention. It's ruining him. He thinks he's only got to scream loud enough for anything and he gets it. Every time he screams you rush to him. It's preposterous."
Jane listened.
"The fact is," said Brodrick, bracing himself, "you have him too much with you."
"I must have him with me."
"You mustn't," said Brodrick, with his forced gentleness.
"You think I'm bad for him?"
He did not answer.
"Gertrude—do you think I'm bad for him?"
Gertrude smiled. She did not answer any more than Brodrick.
"Miss Collett agrees with me," said Brodrick.