She's visited here several times.
If told of Harrie's past dissipations, she'd soothe herself with the
usual dope of boys being boys, and men being men, and bygones being
bygones." Selwyn's hands made gesture of disgust. "It's a plain
case of damned fool. She deserves what she'll get if she lets her
daughter marry Harrie. But the daughter doesn't. Somebody ought to
tell the child she mustn't marry him. If there was a father or
brother the responsibility would be on them. There's neither."
"But didn't you tell Harrie--that--that--"
"I did. And the language I used was not learned in a kindergarten.
Among other things I told him was that if he-- Oh, it's no use going
into that. It's easy to say what you'll do, but it isn't easy to
show your brother up as--as everything one's brother shouldn't be."
For a moment or two Selwyn continued his restless walking up and down
the room, in his face no masking of the pain and weariness of spirit
that were possessing him. To no one else would he speak so frankly
of a family affair, and I wanted much to help him, but how? What was
it he wanted me to do? I could not see where I came in to do
anything.
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