She--like the rest of us--cannot understand why you will not sell, and, because you will not, she is rather--rather--" "I see.

I'm not sure that I blame her.

I presume she has blamed me for these outrageous disturbances in the Lane such as you have just witnessed." She hesitated again.

"Why yes," she said, more slowly still; "a little, I think.

She is not well, as I said, and she may have thought you were, if not instigating them, at least aware of what was going on.