"In the first place," she said, "I don't like the way things are going here."
"At the palace, you mean?"
"Yes. We're not aboveboard. We're shamming all the while. Besides, we're doing nothing in our profession."
"It's better than doing time in prison."
"It isn't straightforward, and I don't like it," she went on.
"Neither do I," he returned; "but there are other things I like less."
"Such as?"
"Well, people falling in love with you, for instance."
"Oh, Cecil. He received his congé before we left America."
"I said people."