“How?”
“This canvassing. She can’t be interested in philanthropic Liberalism.”
“There’s a difference in the type. And besides, it’s a personal matter.”
“Not necessarily, is it? Surely there’s not such an intellectual gap between the sexes! If you can get interested——”
“Oh, I know.”
“Besides, it’s not a question of principles. It’s the fun of electioneering.”
“Fun!”
“There’s no knowing what won’t interest the feminine mind,” said Melville, and added, “or what will.”
Chatteris did not answer.
“It’s the district visiting instinct, I suppose,” said Melville. “They all have it. It’s the canvassing. All women like to go into houses that don’t belong to them.”