Her expression was comically aghast.
"I never thought of its being wet!"
"Yet such a thing does happen occasionally."
"Yes, but it needn't have happened to-day. I thought you would want to go out. What will you do?"
"Stay indoors, if you have no objection."
"But there is nothing to amuse you. You will be so dull."
"Less so than usual, I imagine," said Reynold. "Do you find it so difficult to amuse yourself on a wet day?"
"No, but I have a great deal to do. Besides, it is different. Don't men always want to be amused more than women?"
"Poor men!" said he.