She smiled at him.
"Do you live here?"
"No."
"What are you doing, may I ask?"
"I am darning the stockings of Miss Katrina Roberts."
"Why does she not darn her own?"
"It is incompatible with the artistic temperament," laughed Jane.
"Humph, I am not so sure. What do you think of the artistic temperament?"
"I think it's a good excuse for egotists."