And Steve's face! Ho! ho!" His mother snorted disgust.

"If you had brains," she declared, "you would have understood what he meant by saying that the sea was the place to learn what to unlearn.

He was hitting at you.

Was it necessary to insult him the first time you and he exchanged a word ?" "Insult him?
_Him ?_ Ha, ha! Why, Mater, what's the matter with you?
Do you imagine that a hayseed like that would recognize an insult without an introduction?
And, besides, what difference does it make?
You don't intend putting him on your calling list, do you ?" "I intend cultivating him for the present." "_Cultivating_ him ?" "Yes--for the present.

He is Rodgers Warren's brother.