Annys. We must think of something. (Laughs.)
Geoffrey. What line are you going to take—what is your argument: why they should vote for you in preference to me?
Annys. Simply that I am a woman.
Geoffrey. My dear child, that won’t be enough. Why should they vote for you merely because you’re a woman?
Annys. (Slightly astonished.) Because—because women are wanted in public life.
Geoffrey. Who wants them?
Annys. (More astonished.) Who? Why—(it doesn’t seem too clear.) Why, all of us—you, yourself!
Geoffrey. I’m not East Poplar.
Annys. (Is puzzled a moment, then valiantly.) I shall ask them to send me to Parliament to represent the interests of their women—and therefore of themselves—the interests of their children.
Geoffrey. Children! What do you know about children?