“Same old scientific vivisectionist!” he said. “So you’ve been dissecting Palla Dumont, have you?”
“Certainly. She’s a type.”
“A charming one,” added Shotwell.
“Oh, very.”
“But you don’t know her well––outside of having mentally vivisected her?”
Estridge laughed: “Palla Dumont and I have been through some rather hair-raising scrapes together. And 72 I’ll admit right now that she possesses all kinds of courage––perhaps too many kinds.”
“How do you mean?”
“She has the courage of her convictions and her convictions, sometimes, don’t amount to much.”
“Go on and cut her up,” said Shotwell, sarcastically.
“That’s the only fault I find with Palla Dumont,” explained the other.