"Because it would make things simpler."
"Simpler? I should have said myself that that was just where complications might occur. Supposing I liked Dolly better than you, what then?"
"Oh, that would make it simpler still."
"It certainly would be simpler than the other situation you suggest."
"It would for both of us."
"But why this sudden yearning for simplicity? And why Dora Nicholson?"
"There isn't any why. Anybody else would do, provided you liked them better than me. It's only a question of time, you know. You're bound to tire of me sooner or later."
"Later, Kitty, later. Barring jealousy. If you're going in for that, I may as well tell you at once that I shall tire of it very soon."
"You think that's what's the matter with me?"
"Well, something's the matter with you. I suppose it's that. I should drop it, Kitty. It really isn't worth while. It only makes you thin, and—and I can't be bored with it, d'you see?"