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I
do
not
want
,
never
have
wanted
,
money
for
itself
.
But
money
is
necessary
to
keep
my
place
in
a
category
I
am
used
to
and
comfortable
in
.
All
this
must
have
worked
itself
out
in
the
dark
place
below
my
thinking
level
.
It
emerged
not
as
a
thought
but
as
a
conviction
.
"
Good
afternoon
,
"
Mrs
.
Baker
said
.
"
So
glad
you
could
come
.
You
’
ve
neglected
us
,
Mary
.
Hasn
’
t
it
been
a
glorious
day
?
Did
you
enjoy
the
service
?
For
a
clergyman
I
think
he
’
s
such
an
interesting
man
.
"
"
We
don
’
t
see
you
nearly
often
enough
,
"
Mr
.
Baker
said
.
"
I
remember
your
grandfather
sitting
in
that
very
chair
and
reporting
that
the
dirty
Spaniards
had
sunk
the
Maine
.
He
spilled
his
tea
,
only
it
wasn
’
t
tea
.
Old
Cap
’
n
Hawley
used
to
lace
his
rum
with
a
little
tea
.
He
was
a
truculent
man
,
some
thought
a
quarrelsome
man
.
"
I
could
see
that
Mary
was
first
shaken
and
then
pleased
at
this
warmth
.
Of
course
she
didn
’
t
know
I
had
promoted
her
to
be
an
heiress
.
A
reputation
for
money
is
almost
as
negotiable
as
money
itself
.
Mrs
.
Baker
,
her
head
jerking
with
some
nervous
disorder
,
poured
tea
into
cups
as
thin
and
fragile
as
magnolia
petals
,
and
her
pouring
hand
was
the
only
steady
part
of
her
.
Mr
.
Baker
stirred
with
a
thoughtful
spoon
.
"
I
don
’
t
know
whether
I
love
tea
or
the
ceremony
of
it
,
"
he
said
.
"
I
like
all
ceremonies
—
even
the
silly
ones
.
"
"
I
think
I
understand
,
"
I
said
.
"
This
morning
I
felt
comfortable
in
the
service
because
it
had
no
surprises
.
I
knew
the
words
before
they
were
said
.
"
During
the
war
,
Ethan
—
listen
to
this
,
ladies
,
and
see
if
you
can
remember
anything
like
it
—
during
the
war
I
served
as
a
consultant
to
the
Secretary
of
War
.
I
spent
some
time
in
Washington
.
"
"
I
hated
it
,
"
said
Mrs
.
Baker
.
"
Well
,
there
was
a
big
military
tea
,
a
real
doozer
,
maybe
five
hundred
guests
.
The
ranking
lady
was
the
wife
of
a
five
-
star
general
and
next
in
importance
was
the
lady
of
a
lieutenant
general
.
Mrs
.
Secretary
,
the
hostess
,
asked
the
five
-
star
lady
to
pour
the
tea
and
Mrs
.
Three
-
Stars
to
pour
coffee
.
Well
,
the
top
lady
refused
because
,
and
I
quote
her
,
‘
Everyone
knows
coffee
outranks
tea
.
’
Now
,
did
you
ever
hear
that
?
"
He
chuckled
.
"
As
it
turned
out
,
whisky
outranked
everybody
.
"
