Or
Judge Lawton."
"Neither. Really, Morty, you must give me credit for a mind of my own. I
did it for several reasons. Sibyl was here Sunday. She motored up from
Burlingame with Aileen on purpose to talk to me. She has induced Mrs.
Hunter and some other of the more intelligent women down there--those that
read the serious new books and go to lectures when there are any worth
while--to join a class in economics. One of the professors at Stanford is
going to teach us. Aileen has lost frightfully at poker lately and wants a
new interest; she put Sibyl up to it--who was delighted with the suggestion
as she hasn't been intellectual for quite a while now, and really has a
practical streak; so that studying economics appealed to her.
"I jumped at the idea. It was a God-send. I have had so little to do. I
don't care for poker and one can't read all the time....But after they left
I reflected that I should cut a rather ridiculous figure studying economies
in the abstract if I didn't have sense and 'go' enough to manage my own
affairs. Why, I was so ignorant I thought I couldn't draw any money from
the bank because I had given you my power of attorney. Aileen has an
allowance and the Judge makes her keep books. She usually comes out about
even at poker in the course of the month, and if she doesn't she pawns
something. I've been with her to pawn shops and it's the greatest fun.
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