When Corinna believed it was in full measure and overflowing. "It's not true. I know it's not true."
"Has Patty told you anything?"
"Nobody has told me anything. One doesn't have to have a reason for knowing things—at least one doesn't unless one is a man. I know it because I know it." Then, without waiting for his reply, she continued with cheerful firmness: "The best way to treat scandal is to forget it. Don't you think that Patty improves every day?"
He reddened and looked away from her. "Yes, she grows more attractive, I—" While she still waited for him to complete his sentence, he shot out in an embarrassed tone: "Corinna, do you believe in Gideon Vetch?"
For an instant Corinna hesitated. "I believe that he is—well, just Gideon Vetch," she answered enigmatically.
"Just a professional politician?"
"Not at all. He is a great deal more than that, but what that great deal is I cannot pretend to say."
"Do you ever see him away from Patty?"
"Now and then. He has been to the shop."
"And you like him?"