I set the envelope on the desk.

“Then why did he do it?”

“I can explain what he told me.

I can’t decide whether you should accept that explanation.”

“Please explain it.”

Gregory had come to him after the divorce because he believed the settlement had left me inadequately protected.

He thought any offer to revise the financial arrangements would be refused.

He had seen me reject direct assistance and had become convinced that making funds available separately was the way to correct what he had done.