Clare Hey wood was agitated and alarmed.
“How do you know these things?” she asked.
“Oh, I’ve studied ‘em,” said Madge Vernon cheerfully. “Of course there’s always another alternative.”
“What’s that?” asked Clare eagerly.
“Work,” said Madge Vernon solemnly.
“What kind of work?”
“Oh, any kind, so long as it’s absorbing and satisfying. Personally I like breaking things. One must always begin by breaking before one begins building. But it’s very exciting.”
“It must be terribly exciting.”
“For instance,” said Madge, laughing quietly, “it’s good to hear a pane of glass go crack.”
“How does it make you feel?” asked Clare Heywood.