“It disappoints you?” said Birkin.
“Disappoints me! No—but how is it Hermione has them here?”
“She knew Gudrun in London—that’s the younger one, the one with the darker hair—she’s an artist—does sculpture and modelling.”
“She’s not a teacher in the Grammar School, then—only the other?”
“Both—Gudrun art mistress, Ursula a class mistress.”
“And what’s the father?”
“Handicraft instructor in the schools.”
“Really!”
“Class-barriers are breaking down!”
Gerald was always uneasy under the slightly jeering tone of the other.