"He thinks he is writing a book about all of us."
"Who is the heroine?" I asked.
"Mabel—I think," she said. "She's so pretty. Mr. Rudd admires her. He said she was like a Tanagra, and I can see she puzzles him. He's afraid of her."
"And who is the hero?" I asked.
"I can't imagine," she said. "I expect he has invented one."
"Why is the book private?"
"Because it's about real people."
"Then we may all of us be in it?"
"Yes."
"What made Kranitski think that?" I asked.