She might have said she would do it because she had taken a tremendous fancy to me. She might have said something like that—something really warm and cordial, you understand.
[Looks at her.] Is that how you would like to have it?
Yes, precisely. [She wanders about the room, stops at the bookcase and looks at the books.] What a lot of books you have.
Yes, I have got together a good many.
Do you read them all, too?
I used to try to. Do you read much?
No, never! I have given it up. For it all seems so irrelevant.
That is just my feeling.
[HILDA wanders about a little, stops at the small table, opens
the portfolio and turns over the contents.
Are all these your drawings yours?