Her mouth twisted. ‘I had just been thinking the same thing. Let me assure you, Mr. Thorne, I am not out to cause anyone any kind of ‘‘trouble”. I met Mary today only at her own suggestion, and also because I simply like her. But now that I know your true opinion of my mother and of myself— and incidentally, my mother hasn't met Mary’s father at any time, let alone nine months before my birth. I’m very sorry to interrupt, Mr. Thorne, did you say something?’ she asked coldly.
His expression was fierce. ‘I said damn Mary and her loose lips,’ he rasped.
‘If those remarks had never been made she would never have been able to repeat them to anyone. Twenty-one years ago my mother married my father, and at that time, I was born. The comments that you had made about her are absolutely slanderous
