Nighthawks Hopper

Didn't she ever wantto see me?"
　　"She may have done… Ithink it's very possible that she did. But having made in –certain ways – rather a mess of her ownlife, she may have thought that it was better for you that you should be brought up quiteapart from her."
　　"Do you actually know that she thinks that?"
　　"No. I don't reallyknow anything about it."
　　Elvira got up.
　　"Thank you," she said."It's very kind of you to tell meall this."
　　"I think perhaps you ought to have been told moreabout things before," said Egerton.
　　"It's ratherhumiliating not to know things," said Elvira. "Uncle Derek, of course, think I'm just a child."
　　"Well, he's not a veryyoung man himself. He and I, you know, are well advanced in years. You must makeallowances for us when we look at things from the point of view of our advanced age."
　　Elvira stood looking at him for a moment or two.