He threw back his head and laughed.

His boy, his son, meant to fight him, did he?
Well, so be it! He got to his feet, and walked up and down the room.
"God, what an issue this!" he said.

"It would be terrific, if he won.

To wipe me out of the life where I have flourished--what a triumph for him! And he would not know how great the triumph would be.

She has not told him.