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"He would have you think, now, that I was the cause of the delay," said the old lady

"But I assure you my beauty is no longer a matter of great importance to me!"

"Isn't she quite lovely?" said Mrs. Gregory

"Yes, Carol, too. But I was thinking of Mrs. Breckenridge. Do you see her very often, James?"

"I often wonder," pursued the old lady innocently, "what such a sweet, gay, lovely girl could see in a fellow like poor Clarence Breckenridge!"

"It distresses me to hear you talk so recklessly, my son," Mrs. Gregory

"Unfortunately, we are not left in any doubt about it," the old lady said dryly

"It is not for us to judge her husband's infirmities. She is his wife."

"You surely don't think that I originated this theory?" his mother asked

"All that may be true," his mother interrupted

"The law is not of MY making, James," the old lady intervened

"I try not to judge," Mrs. Gregory said

"And perhaps I am foolish, James, all mothers are. But you are the last of my four sons, and I am a widow in my old age, and I tremble for you. When a woman with beauty as great as that confides in you, my child, when she turns to you, your soul is in danger, and your mother sees it. I cannot -- I cannot be silent -- "

"I should think she could do something with Clarence," the old lady said

"Interest him in something new; lead him away from bad influences."