I seized the opportunity to rejoin, “You’ve a fancy for seeing what things are like, haven’t you?”
She took up the challenge instantly. “Why do you say that?”
“Only because of what you’ve said at different times yourself.”
“Such as?”
“I don’t want to quote. I was thinking of the taste you’ve frequently acknowledged for making experiments.”
“Experiments in things—or people?”
“I was thinking of people.”
She marched right into my camp by saying, boldly, “Oh, you mean the number of times I’ve—I’ve broken engagements?”
“Perhaps I mean rather the number of times you’ve formed them.”
“Did you ever buy a house?”