There was a short pause; then Geneviève held out her hand.
"Yes, George," she said, "I will, but on one condition——"
"I did not make conditions, Geneviève."
"You do not have to, my dear. You know that I am really your representative in the house; that I am really always thinking of your wishes. You must do the same as my political representative. I mean, if I am not to do this work myself, you must do it for me."
"Even if I consider it unwise?"
"Unwise to protect women and children?"
"Geneviève," he said seriously, as one who confides something not always confided to women, "enforcing law sometimes does harm."
"But an investigation——"
"That's where you are ignorant, my dear. If an investigation is made, especially if the women mix themselves up in it, then we shall have no choice but enforcement."
She had sunk down on her sofa, but now she sprang up. "And you don't mean to enforce the law in respect of women? Is that why you don't want the investigation?"