"Whether it mightn't be better, under the circumstances," he said, "if this family were not so intimate with the Morgan family--at least for a time.

It might be better--" Fanny stared at him incredulously.

"You mean you'd quit seeing Lucy ?" "I hadn't thought of that side of it, but if such a thing were necessary on account of talk about my mother, I--I--" He hesitated unhappily.

"I suggested that if all of us--for a time--perhaps only for a time--it might be better if--" "See here," she interrupted.

"We'll settle this nonsense right now.