'Oh, yes; people come to scoff, and by degrees we get hold of them—even the Hyde Park loafers.'
'I mean, do they often crowd up and try to hustle the speakers?'
'Oh, they are usually quite good-natured.'
'You handled them wonderfully.'
'We're used to dealing with crowds.'
Her look went round the room, as if to say, 'It's this kind of thing I'm not used to, and I don't take to it over-kindly.'
'In the crush at the end,' said Miss Levering, 'I overheard a scrap of conversation between two men. They were talking about you. "Very good for a woman," one said.'
Miss Claxton smiled a scornful little smile.
'And the other one said, "It would have been very good for a man. And personally," he said, "I don't know many men who could have kept that crowd in hand for two hours." That's what two men thought of it.'
She made no answer.