“I would like to know all.”
“Do you know Mr. Benson's uncle?” he asked.
“What about him?”
“Well, do you know his wife?”
“Slightly.”
He gave her an embarrassed smile that she did not understand.
“We Landrays are a proud lot; aren't we? Her husband could buy us out and never feel it—; pay all our debts into the bargain, too, and yet you don't know him or his wife, Aunt Virginia.”
“There is no reason why I should know them.”
“But what have you against them?” he persisted.
“I have nothing against them; they are very worthy people in their way.”