All I saw was a remarkably good-looking fool-boy with the pride of Satan and a set of nice new drawing-room manners that he probably couldn't use more than half an hour at a time without busting." "Then what--" "Mothers are right," said Morgan.

"Do you think this young George is the same sort of creature when he's with his mother that he is when he's bulldozing your boy Fred?
Mothers see the angel in us because the angel is there.

If it's shown to the mother, the son has got an angel to show, hasn't he?
When a son cuts somebody's throat the mother only sees it's possible for a misguided angel to act like a devil--and she's entirely right about that!" Kinney laughed, and put his hand on his friend's shoulder.

"I remember what a fellow you always were to argue," he said.

"You mean Georgie Minafer is as much of an angel as any murderer is, and that Georgie's mother is always right." "I'm afraid she always has been," Morgan said lightly.
The friendly hand remained upon his shoulder.