“And what are you going to do this winter?”
“I do not know. Stick to my trade,” Vane added laughingly.
“And shall we not go on with our reading?”
“I should be only too happy.”
“What a conventional expression of willingness—what an enthusiastic acceptance!”
“Conventions are the safest expressions of the truth.”
“What do you mean by ‘safest’?”
“The safest to me.”
She gave a little laugh, in which Vane joined. “I do not understand you.”
“You mean you are too skilful a fencer to admit it.”