"And you found?"
"Of course, that everything, even instincts, can be eradicated if only their origins can be traced and the will is strong enough to overcome them."
"Yes, everything depends upon will. And you found time for all this reasoning while you kept the accounts at the pork-butcher's?"
Lady Garribardine's eyebrows ran quizzically up into her forehead, and there was a twinkle in her eye. She was greatly amused.
"Yes—in the evenings."
"No wonder you have emerged! You do not allow yourself to have any emotions then?"
Katherine looked away demurely.
"I try not to indulge in them; it is more prudent to watch their action in others."
"Have you ever been in love, child?"
"It depends upon what one calls love." The tone was dignified. Katherine did not think this quite a fair question.