I replied with some wonder that I had not.
“Well, we’ve bought two—this one and the one at Rosyth. But before buying either we rented each for a season to see whether or not we liked it.”
“And you did.”
“But we’ve rented others which we didn’t. So you see.”
“I see that experiments are justified. Is that what you mean?”
“If one is satisfied with anything that comes along, by all means take it. But if one only wants what one wants—”
“And you know what you want?”
Her eyes were all fire; her lips had the daring scarlet of a poppy.
“I’ve never got beyond knowing what I don’t want.”