\"Icouldneverhaveexpectedtohearsuchaspeechfromyou。AstowhatIdidexpect！……Imusthavebeenverystupid。\"
\"No，youareanythingbutthat，\"declaredMr。Travers，conscientiously。\"Itisn’tstupidity。\"Hehesitatedforamoment。
\"It’sakindofwilfulness，Ithink。Ipreferrednottothinkaboutthisgrievousdifferenceinourpointsofview，which，youwilladmit，Icouldnothavepossiblyforeseenbeforewe……\"
AsortofsolemnembarrassmenthadcomeoverMr。Travers。Mrs。
Travers，leaningherchinonthepalmofherhand，staredatthebarematchboardsideofthehut。