Real bitterness was in his voice, and she hastened to add a word of comfort. "All you need is a chance to show your powers."
"What powers?"
"Latent powers," she smiled. "We are all supposed to have latent powers. I am seeking a career, too."
He forgot himself in a return of his admiration of her. "Oh, you don't have to seek. A girl like you has her career all cut out for her."
She caught his meaning. "That's what I resent. Why should a woman's career mean only marriage?"
"I don't know—I guess because it's the most important thing for her to do."
"To be some man's household drudge or pet?"
"No, to be some man's inspiration."
"Fudge! A woman is never anybody's inspiration—after she's married."
"How cynical you are! What caused it?"