“What was I told?”
Horror overcame Susie, and she lost her head.
“Weren’t you told, then?”
Her horror was reflected in her sister’s eyes. But Aggie kept calm.
“Susie” she said, “what do you mean? That I wasn’t told of the risk? Is that what you meant?”
“Oh, Aggie—” Susie was helpless. She could not say what she had meant, nor whether she had really meant it.
“Who should be told if I wasn’t? Surely I was the proper person?”
Susie recovered herself. “Of course, dear, of course you were.”
“Well?” Aggie forced the word again through her tight, strained lips.
“I’m not blaming you, Aggie, dear. I know it isn’t your fault.”