"Never! I'm with Inez on that!"
"Inez!"
"Yes, Inez! She's got more sense about living than all the women in this valley put together. And she knows life."
Douglas sighed. "What are some of Inez' ideas about marriage?"
"Well, she just says it won't do! She says that the children have got to be taken care of but that it isn't fair to put the curse of marriage on parents. And she says her way isn't the answer, either, but that anyhow it's honest, which is a darn sight more than a lot of marriages in Lost Chief."
Judith paused to take breath and Douglas asked, "Say, now listen, Jude, was Inez ever in love?"
"She says she's in love right now but she won't say who he is."
"I don't believe she knows what love is! Her ideas aren't worth anything. I've lost faith in these folks that tell you they know life. They're exactly like the rest of us under their skins. I'm getting to believe that we all get happiness in the same way and over mighty few things. Loving and having children, that's about all."
"Inez says it's nothing of the kind; that the only way to be happy is to know what is beautiful when you see it."
"I suppose that's smart," said Douglas crossly, "but I haven't any idea what it means."