“Because it’s true.”
“And how do you account for his having made enemies?”
“Oh, well, the fact is he is rather an oddity. He has lived so long in India that he doesn’t like the ways of the people here, and he offends them.”
“How does he offend them?”
“Because he has no discretion. He speaks out, and says what he thinks.”
“I consider that a virtue,” I replied.
“Well, perhaps it is; but it doesn’t do to let your tongue wag too freely. You shouldn’t always tell people what you think of them. You make enemies, you know.”
“Yes, that is true,” I answered; “but still, I see nothing in your argument that would justify one in supposing that because your husband is blunt of speech and outspoken, somebody has tried to resent it by stealing his child and his property.”
“Oh, well, I don’t know,
