‘I know I appear selfish,’ she said; ‘not to want to see my daughter must seem selfish. But I am not selfish, Reggie. I’ve never been selfish where you have been concerned, have I?’
‘I at least can’t accuse you of selfishness, Olive. You’ve always been a good friend to me. There was my bankruptcy—-’
‘Do not speak of it. I only did for you what you would have done for me. I have been very unlucky; I was cursed with a husband who was a fool, and who lost all his money—no one can say he’s in his right mind. They say that I have driven him out of his mind, but that is not so, you know that it is not so; I’ve not driven you out of your mind. There never was such a fool as my husband. He has acted as stupidly about his daughter as he did about his money. First he takes her away from me—I’m not
