'It was no great hardship when you read it before night. When you don't, it's rather long to wait.'
'To wait for what?'
'For the news of the day.'
'Don't you get the news of the day in the Morning Post?'
'I don't get such full Parliamentary reports nor the foreign correspondence.'
'Good Lord! what next?'
'I think you must blame me,' said Vida, speaking for the first time. 'I'm afraid you'll find it's only since I've been here that Janet has broken loose and taken in an extra copy.'
'Oh, it's on your account, is it?' he grumbled, but the edge had gone out of his ill-humour. 'I suppose you have to keep up with politics or you couldn't keep the ball rolling as you did last night?'
'Yes,' said Vida, with an innocent air. 'It is well known what superhuman efforts we have to make before we can qualify ourselves to talk to men.'