"I'm afraid I didn't think very much about it. But I begin to wonder now. I think she's so unselfish that perhaps she makes other people selfish."
"You made great friends, didn't you?"
"Yes. I think she's rather wonderful. She's very unlike other women. She seemed actually glad to give me the address of the place where she gets her coats and skirts. If Theosophy made more women like that I should wish it to spread like cholera in the alleys of Naples. Madre, don't mind me! I was really ill coming across. My head feels all light and empty."
She put up her hands to her temples.
"It's as if everything in my poor little brain-box had been shaken about."
"Poor child! And I've been very inconsiderate."
"Inconsiderate? How?"
"About to-night."
"You haven't accepted a party for me?"
"It isn't so bad as that. But I've invited someone to dinner."