But about this family dispute.

Was there a scene--tears, recriminations ?" "Not a bit.

You don't know Rita.

We used to call her Rita because, as boys, we teased her by saying her name was Margharita, and not Margaret" "Why ?" "She has such a foreign manner and style." "How did she acquire them ?" "She was a big girl, six years old, and tall for her age, when her parents settled down in England.

She first spoke Italian, and picked up Italian ways from her nurse, an old party who was devotedly attached to her.