\"It sounds more conspicuous; and that can hardly be what she wishes,\" said Mrs. Archer distantly.
\"Why not?\" broke in her son, growing suddenly argumentative. \"Why shouldn't she be conspicuous if she chooses? Why should she slink about as if it were she who had disgraced herself? She's 'poor Ellen' certainly, because she had the bad luck to make a wretched marriage; but I don't see that that's a reason for hiding her head as if she were the culprit.\"
\"It sounds more conspicuous; and that can hardly be what she wishes,\" said Mrs. Archer distantly.
\"Why not?\" broke in her son, growing suddenly argumentative. \"Why shouldn't she be conspicuous if she chooses? Why should she slink about as if it were she who had disgraced herself? She's 'poor Ellen' certainly, because she had the bad luck to make a wretched marriage; but I don't see that that's a reason for hiding her head as if she were the culprit.\"
