'I have business here.'
'Obviously, so have I.'
'It's absolutely necessary that I should be here.'
'And that I should.'
She considered me for a moment.
'Mrs Attwell told me that you were one of the assistant-masters at the school.'
'I am acting as assistant-master. I am supposed to be learning the business.'
She hesitated.
'Why?' she said.
'Why not?'