Regina (triumphantly) but you don’t know that in the last few days ben has agreed to give us—you, i mean—a much larger share. horace. really? that’s very generous of him. ben. (laughs) it wasn’t so generous of me. it was smart of regina. regina. (as if she were signaling horace) i explained to ben that perhaps you hadn’t answered his letters because you didn’t think he was offering you enough, and that the time was getting short and you could guess how much he needed you— which best describes why regina tells the group, “i explained to ben that perhaps you hadn’t answered his letters because you didn’t think he was offering you enough, and that the time was getting short and you could guess how much he needed you—”?