“Yes, and no. It depends upon the plane to which one has climbed.”
“You could be impersonally kind to Eve.”
“I think that I told you that I am very fond of my youngster, Lynette. That is personal and yet impersonal. It is not of the flesh.”
She nodded her head, and he rose.
“I will ask you to promise me two things.”
“What are they?”
“That if Eve should wish to see Lynette, I may leave the child here, and call for her again after Eve has gone?”
Kate considered the point.
“Yes, that’s sensible enough. I can see no harm in it. And the other thing?”
“That if Eve should be in trouble at any time, you will promise to let me know?”