“And your youngest sister has a little girl?”
“Yes.”
“Do you like children?”
“I expect you spend a good deal of your time with your sisters.”
“Well—it’s a fearful distance.” Why didn’t you ask me all these things when I was staying with you. There’s no time now....
“Do you like living alone in London?”
“Well—I’m fearfully busy.”
“I expect you are. I think it’s wonderful. But you must be awfully lonely sometimes.”
Miriam fidgeted and wondered how to go.