"I say, did my guv'nor really write this himself?"
"More or less. Did you really come over for the meeting?"
"Rather."
His smile was wilful and engaging.
"You are enthusiastic about the League."
"Enthusiastic? We-ell, I can't say I know much about it. Of course, I know the sort of putrid tosh he'll sling at them, but what I want is to see him doing it."
He had got it too, that passion of interest and amusement, hers and Ralph's. Only it wasn't decent of him to show it; she mustn't let him see she had it. She answered soberly:
"Yes, he's awfully keen."
"Is he? I've never seen him really excited, worked up, except once or twice during the war."
As he stood there, looking down, smiling pensively, he seemed to brood over it, to anticipate the joy of the spectacle.