I reminded her that she hadn't always given me that credit.
"I know how he spends his time," she said. "How do you know?"
"Well, for one thing, Ethel tells me."
"How does she know?"
"She—she posts the letters."
"Does she read them?"
"She needn't. He's too transparent."
"Lena, do you use her to spy on him?" I said.
"Well," she retorted, "if he uses her—"
I asked her if it hadn't struck her that Sybil Fermor might be using him?