[Shaking hands with Mrs. Wharton and with the Colonel.] I wanted to come in, but I thought you mightn’t wish to see me to-day, so I put it like that to make it easier for you to send me about my business.
Mrs. Wharton.
We always wish to see you, my dear.
Mrs. Poole.
If I had a son that I hadn’t seen for four years and he’d been dangerously wounded, I think I’d want to keep him to myself for the first few days after he got home.
Colonel Wharton.
Then you’re not as unselfish a woman as Evelyn.
Mrs. Wharton.
Or perhaps not nearly so vain.
Mrs. Poole.