Yet when he had spoken to Mrs. Sidney and turned
toward her she at once stretched out her hand with a slight smile. Some
others came in and Howard was free to talk to her. He sat looking at her
steadily, admiring her almost perfect profile, delicate yet strong.
"And what have you been doing since I saw you?" Miss Trevor asked.
"Writing little pieces about politics for the paper," replied Howard.
"Politics? I detest it. It is all stealing and calling names, isn't it? And
something dreadful is always going to happen if somebody or other isn't
elected, or is elected, to something or other. And then, whether he is or
not, nothing happens. I should think the men who have been so excited and
angry and alarmed would feel very cheap. But they don't. And the next time
they carry on in just the same ridiculous way."
"Politics is like everything else--interesting if you understand what it is
all about. But like everything else, you can't understand it without a
little study at first. It's a pity women don't take an interest. If they
did the men might become more reasonable and sane about it than they are
now. But you--what have you been doing?"
"I--oh, industriously superintending the making of my new nets." Marian
laughed and Howard was flattered.
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