"If there's some very curranty cake, I will," said Miss Sheldon gluttonously. "I'll have the brown outside piece."
"Why should that be more desirable than any other piece?" said Macjean as she took it.
"More currants in it! I'm fond of currants."
"So it seems."
"Now don't be severe. Let's talk about something else. Mr. Gartney, for instance."
"Oh, he's here to-day."
"Is he really? I thought it would be too frivolous for him. The Arabian desert is more in his style."
"Well, judging from his book, the Arabian Desert is not entirely devoid of feminine interest."
"Don't be horrid! It's a very charming book."
"Nobody said it wasn't. But I'm astonished to hear you defend Gartney like this. You used to hate him."