His wife agreed with him in these moments, and said it was a great relief not to have that tiresome old German coming about.
They had to account for his absence evasively to the children, whom they could not very well tell that their father was living on money that Lindau disdained to take, even though Lindau was wrong and their father was right.

This heightened Mrs.March's resentment toward both Lindau and Dryfoos, who between them had placed her husband in a false position.

If anything, she resented Dryfoos's conduct more than Lindau's.

He had never spoken to March about the affair since Lindau had renounced his work, or added to the apologetic messages he had sent by Fulkerson.

So far as March knew, Dryfoos had been left to suppose that Lindau had simply stopped for some reason that did not personally affect him.