In truth, however, he was neither so comfortable nor so imperturbable
as he appeared. He felt some gratification: he had done a little to
put the man in his place--that man whose influence upon his daughter
was precisely the same thing as a contemptuous criticism of George
Amberson Minafer, and of George Amberson Minafer's "ideals of life."
Lucy's going away without a word was intended, he supposed, as a bit
of punishment. Well, he wasn't the sort of man that people were
allowed to punish: he could demonstrate that to them--since they
started it!
It appeared to him as almost a kind of insolence, this abrupt
departure--not even telephoning! Probably she wondered how he would
take it; she even might have supposed he would show some betraying
chagrin when he heard of it.
He had no idea that this was just what he had shown; and he was
satisfied with his evening's performance. Nevertheless, he was not
comfortable in his mind; though he could not have explained his inward
perturbations, for he was convinced, without any confirmation from his
Aunt Fanny, that he had done "just the right thing.
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