“And I warn you I’m quite unsnubbable, Mr. Mortmain. When a writer so potentially great as you keeps silent so long, it’s somebody’s duty to find out the reason. Automatically, one’s first guess is drink, but that’s obviously not your trouble. There must be some psychological —” Just then Neil spoke to me. “Quiet, a minute,” I whispered, but I missed the rest of Mrs. Cotton’s speech. Father said: “Good God, you can’t say things like that to me at your own dinner table.” “Oh, I always employ shock tactics with men of genius,” said Mrs. Cotton. “And one has to employ them in public or the men of
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