Naiade oil painting

Oh, dear," saidBridget, sighing, as she came back after closing the front door. "Really! I do think mothers are difficult."
　　"So they tell me," saidChief-Inspector Davy. "A lot of young ladies I come acrosshave a lot of trouble with their mothers."
　　"I'd have thought you'd put it the other way round," said Bridget.
　　"Oh I do, I do," saidDavy. "But that's not how theyoung ladies see it. Now you can tell me a little more."
　　"I couldn't reallyspeak frankly in front of Mummy," explained Bridget. "But I do feel, of course, that it is really important that you should know asmuch as possible about all this. I do know Elvira was terribly worried about something andafraid. She wouldn't exactly admit she was in danger, but shewas."