"Yes, I do."
"Oh, I don't mean as a theosophist, I mean as a human being."
Susan smiled. "We are human beings."
"You are certainly. But, of course, I know you embrace Charmian Heath with your universal love, just as you embrace me and Mrs. Simpkins and the King and the crossing-sweeper at the corner. That doesn't interest me. I wish to know whether you like her as you don't like me and the King and the crossing-sweeper?"
"Charmian Heath and I are good friends. I am interested in her."
"In a woman!"
"Greatly because she is a woman."
"I know you're a suffragette at heart!"
They talked a little about politics. When coffee came, Mrs. Shiffney suddenly said:
"I'll take you over to Algiers, Susan."