“She ran away from you. And she isn’t ready to come back.”
“She doesn’t think so. And she’s afraid you’ll insist.”
“What does she want me to do?”
“Send her the bag with the money and the check-book, and let Baldy take out a lot of things. She gave him a list; there’s everything from toilet water to talcum.”
“Suppose I refuse to send them?”
“You can, of course. But you won’t, will you?”
“No, I suppose not. I shan’t coerce her. But it’s rather a strange thing for her to be willing to trust all this to your brother. She has seen him only once.”
“Well,” said Jane, with some spirit, “you’ve seen Baldy only once, and wouldn’t you trust him?”
She flung the challenge at him, and quite surprisingly he found himself saying, “Yes, I would.”