"No," she said.
"I see. And what you learned at the College—have you forgotten all that?"
Then, looking almost challengingly at one another, we began to speak rather quickly, and a little elliptically.
"I think I can guess what you mean," she said, dropping her gaze again.
"I think you do."
"That's why I asked you just now when the Consolidation was starting.... You don't suppose she'll love you any more for throwing her out of a job, do you?"
"She can't hate me much more than she does."
"Well, you may depend upon it, she knows she's going."
"Well, that saves trouble."