"I think I am already aware of the fact. If Miss Vosburgh were of our sex you would soon have another recruit."
"I'd soon have a superior officer, you mean."
"I fancy you are rather under her thumb already."
"It's a difficult position to attain, I assure you."
"How so?"
"I have observed that, towards a good many, Miss Vosburgh is quite your equal in indifference."
"I like her all the better for that fact."
"So do I."
"How is it that you are so favored?"
"No doubt it seems strange to you. Mere caprice on her part, probably."