"And Dr. Sutton?"
"He can please himself."
"If Miss Redhead stays I shall stay."
"John will let you off like a shot, if you don't want to."
She turned to go and McClane called after her, "My offer remains open to you three."
Through the glass door she heard Sutton saying, "If you're right,
McClane, I can't very well leave her with him, can I?"
Sutton was stupid. He didn't understand. Lying on her bed that night
Charlotte made it out.
"Gwinnie—you know why McClane won't have John?"
"I suppose because Mrs. Rankin's keen on him."
"McClane isn't keen on Mrs. Rankin…. Can't you see he's trying to hoof John out of Belgium, because he wants all the glory to himself? We wouldn't do that to one of them, even if we were mean enough not to want them in it."