In one night Ranny had suddenly grown up.
Of course, it might have been different if she had cared for him.
"What does it mean, the Combined Maze? What is it?"
Miss Usher was studying her programme.
The Combined Maze? That wasn't so easy to explain. But Ranny explained it. It was, he said, a maze, because you ran it winding in and out like, and combined, because men and women ran in it all mixed up together. They made patterns accordin' as they ran, and the patterns were the plan of the maze. You didn't see the plan. You didn't know it, unless you were leader. You just followed.
"I see. Men and women together."
"Men and women together."
"Are you running in it?"
"Yes."
"Does Winny run in it?"