‘Yes, it is wonderful.’
‘And at dinner afterwards. “Do you like Irving’s acting?”—“Yes, I think that he is a great genius.” How formal and precise we were! And now I sit curling your hair in a bedroom window.’
‘It does seem funny. But I suppose, if you come to think of it, something of the same kind must have happened to one or two people before.’
‘But never quite like us.’
‘Oh no, never quite like us. But with a kind of family resemblance, you know. Married people do usually end by knowing each other a little better than on the first day they met.’
‘What did you think of me, Frank?’
‘I’ve told you often.’
‘Well, tell me again.’
‘What’s the use when you know?’
‘But I like to hear.’