"And do you give way to your impulses?" Valentine continued, still very gravely.
"What?"
"Do you express what you feel?"
A flash of childish cunning crept into her eyes and mouth, giving her the aspect of a gamin.
"No; I ain't such a fool," she answered. "Men don't like to be told the truth. Do they, now?"
The question went to Julian.
"Why not?" he asked
"Oh, they like to be fooled. If you don't fool them, they fool you."
"A sufficiently clear statement of the relations of the sexes through all time," said Valentine. "Have you ever studied Schopenhauer?"
"Ah, now, you're kiddin' me!" was her not inappropriate answer.