"But you are reading them now!"
"That's because you have come."
"What's that to do with it?"
"For the manners and customs. I want to know how young women behave."
"You know how Electra behaves."
"Electra behaves like a Puritan's god. If an early colonist had hewn him a deity out of stone, it would be like Electra."
"Poor Electra!"
"Yes. You're far happier, all fire and frost."
"But why do you read novels to find out about me? Why don't you observe me?"
"Because I don't see you in the light."