"It's a long story. I don't think I could make it all clear in five or seven minutes—and that's all the time you have to spare nowadays."
"Do I seem as bad as that?... But I know literally nothing about it yet, you see, except what I've just extracted. Idleness is bad for able-bodied persons, including women. Does that state your point of view—approximately?"
"Precisely."
"And how are you developing it this time? I mean—with a working-woman as your central figure?"
"No—principally with a woman who has nothing to do—and reacts accordingly."
"Oh!... That's what you mean by a difference of approach, I suppose? She's married?"
"No—that's the trouble."
"You are dreadfully mysterious. How does she react?"
"Of course, she marries."
"Then it's not a story of work at all?"