"If it's not a delicate question—how many do you know?" said Roger softly.
She looked at him, mildly surprised.
"Hundreds! In books, that is."
"Oh—books! I meant real life."
"Surely a page of Shakespeare is more real than dozens of real people's lives."
"Side issue! I'm not to be deflected. How many men do you know, in real life, well enough to discuss the suffrage with?"
"I'm always kept at school the day the vicar comes to tea," she said suggestively.
"Who else?"
She saw his drift, but defended herself, smiling.
"The assistants are most intelligent at the circulating library."