"Thanks," she said, sinking into the big chair beside the desk.
"So you wrote 'Francesca,' did you?"
"I did."
"You look pretty young to know as much about life as that book tells."
"Oh, I'm old in experience," she boasted.
He looked closely at her ingenuous face, and laughed again.
"You don't look it. I think there's a play in that book."
"So do I."
"Did you ever write a play?"
"No, but I've helped on several plays. I know a great deal about them," she assured him.