"Yes."
"Does she read nicely?"
"Yes. She sometimes finds it difficult to know what to choose."
"Politics don't interest you?"
"The war does: it's terrible, all that loss of human life."
"It's murder ... on a large scale...."
"Yes, it's murder...."
"Does she read you the serial story?"
"No, no; I don't care for serials."
"No more do I."