"Any what?" asked Nellie.
"Any of these—New Women?"
"Why, there are. They're all new, except Mrs. Talbot. She's older than I am, and rather reactionary."
This Mrs. Talbot was a stiff, pious, narrow-minded old lady, and I had liked her the least of any on board.
"Do you mean to tell me that pretty Mrs. Exeter is—one of this new kind?"
"Mrs. Exeter owns—and manages—a large store, if that is what you mean."
"And those pretty Borden girls?"
"They do house decorating—have been abroad on business."
"And Mrs. Green—and Miss Sandwich?"
"One of them is a hat designer, one a teacher. This is toward the end of vacation, and they're all coming home, you see."