"But do you approve of it?" he insisted.
"There's no harm in it, is there? I'd wear it if I wanted to."
"But you don't want to."
"No. Why do you want to know?"
But he didn't seem to hear her question.
"Do you drink cocktails? Or smoke cigarettes?"
"No. I don't like cocktails. Besides they're not served at the Mission. We think they might create false notions of the purposes of the organization."
He didn't laugh.
"But surely you smoke cigarettes!"
"No, I don't smoke. I don't like cigarettes."