It was winningly spoken, restoring her self-confidence in a second. She shook her head in answer.
"No. I'm not in a position to judge, and I don't think I want to be. I have no real liking for meddling in other people's affairs."
"Very wise!" he commented. "But you won't have much choice if you decide to stay with us. Are you going to stay?"
"Are you going to keep me?" said Juliet.
"Certainly," he returned promptly. "I regard you as the most valuable member of the household at the present moment. Miss Moore, will you tell me something?"
"If I can," said Juliet.
"Where did you learn such a lot about men?" he said.
She coloured a little at the question. "Well, I haven't lived with my eyes shut all this time," she said.
"You evidently haven't," he said. "Allow me to compliment you on your tact! Ninety-nine women out of a hundred would have taken the obvious course of siding with their own sex against the oppressor. Why didn't you, I wonder?"
"I'm not sure that I don't," she said, smiling faintly.