"Gedge and Randall are as thick as thieves, and Phyllis won't have anything to do with either of them." "Now, my dear," said I."Now that you're married, become a real womanly woman and fill my empty soul with gossip." "There's no gossip at all about it," she replied serenely.

"It's all sordid and romantic fact.

The two men hold long discussions together at Gedge's house, Gedge talking anti-patriotism and Randall talking rot which he calls philosophy.

You can hear them, can't you?
Their meeting-ground is the absurdity of Randall joining the army." "And Phyllis ?" "She is a loyal little soul and as miserable as can be.

She's deplorably in love with Randall.