“As far as my rooms. Then I shall put you in a taxi.”
They had to wait awhile before crossing the road, as motors were swarming up.
“That woman’s a genius. She made me feel like a rusty bit of clockwork!”
“She had a most extraordinary effect on me!”
Kate took Eve’s arm.
“The thing’s pure, absolutely pure, and yet, she seems to show you what you never believed was in you. It’s the soul of the world coming out to dance, and making you understand all that is in us women. Heavens, I found myself feeling like a Greek girl, a little drunk with wine, and still more drunk with love.”
“Kate—you!”
“Yes, and it was not beastly, as those things usually are. I’m not an emotional person. I suppose it is the big subconscious creature in one answering a language that our clever little heads don’t understand.”
Eve was thinking.
“I envy that woman!”