So much as that I had the intelligence to infer. But I felt it my duty not to allow pique to interfere with the due discharge of my office. I had various things to say to you which I thought you should hear, so yesterday I called again, and again was told you were out.
Mrs. Littlewood.
[Coolly.] I didn’t wish to see you.
Vicar.
May I ask why?
Mrs. Littlewood.
Well, I suppose you wanted to talk about my boy. I didn’t think your conversation could give him back to me.
Vicar.
Don’t you think I could have helped you to bear your loss? I think I could have found in my heart words to persuade you to resignation. I might at least have offered you my sympathy.
Mrs. Littlewood.