Nancy

After our heated argument, Johnson remained silent, but Jakes was still as charming as ever; he kept on making us laugh with his jokes. After breakfast and some discussion about the menu, we were dropped off at Aunt Catherine's place by his chauffeur, and neither of us spoke a word to each other on the way back home. When we arrived at her house, I had a sneaking suspicion that I had done something wrong. I wanted to lighten the atmosphere by saying something, but Aunt Catherine initiated the conversation by imploring, "you know, Nancy, when Ben died, I was very lonely; I used to stay awake the whole...