"I wish you would. I don't believe he thinks I appreciate you as highly as I do."
"He does," replied Yvonne naively; "he regards you as a connoisseur of good looks!"
"Oh!" cried Don. "Oh! listen to her! Yvonne, you are growing vain."
"A woman without vanity is not appreciated."
"A woman without vanity is not human."
"If you are going to say cynical things I won't talk to you. You want a whisky-and-soda."
"I don't."
"You do. The first thing to offer a man on leave is whisky-and-soda."
"It is a ritual, then?"
"It is the law. Sit down there and resign yourself to it. Do you really mean to tell me that you did not know Paul was in France?"