“Has she made no attempt to find out?”
“When the first payment was made she came to me for advice.”
“Well?” asked Mr. Walton eagerly.
“She got it,” declared Mr. Blodgett.
“What did she do?” persisted Mr. Walton.
Mr. Blodgett was silent for a moment, and then responded, “The exact opposite of what I advised. Do you know, Walton, you and I remind me of the warm-hearted elephant who tried to hatch the ostrich eggs by sitting on them.”
“In what respect?”
“We decided that we must break up Maizie’s love of the Maitlands for her own good.”
“Well?”
“Well, we made the whole thing so mean to her that finally we did break something. Then, manlike, we were satisfied. What was it we broke?”