“Probably immoral people,” said Sylvia indifferently. “Drop it on the coals, Grace.”
But Mrs. Ferrall reopened the book where she had laid her finger to mark the place. “Do you think so?” she asked.
“Think what?”
“That rotten books and plays come from morally rotten people?”
“I don't think about it at all,” observed Sylvia, opening another letter impatiently.
“You're probably not very literary,” said Grace mischievously.
“Not in that way, I suppose.”
Mrs. Ferrall took another bonbon: “Did you see 'Mrs. Lane's Experiment'?”
“I did,” said Sylvia, looking up, the pink creeping into her cheeks.
“You thought it very strong, I suppose?” asked Grace innocently.