“I’m trying to, but you see it is rather difficult to talk about this with a third person, and——”
“I am not a third person. I am her step-mother, and responsible to a higher power for what I do regarding Edna. I must have full knowledge, and then trust to the guiding light from above. We are ever prone to err when we rely on our own puny efforts. Does Edna Sartwell know you love her?”
“No.”
“And her father does?”
“Yes. I told him.”
“Then I wonder he did not forbid you to see her.”
“He did.”
“Are you one of his workmen?”
“Yes. At least I was.”
“Are you not now?”