And I don't know why you should attribute such thoughts to me." Lashmar gave way to nervous irritation.
"What a feminine way of talking! Is it impossible for you to follow a logical train of ideas?
I attributed no thought whatever to you.

All I said was, that I must take care not to be misunderstood.

And I see that I had very good reason; you have a fatal facility in misconceiving even the simplest things." Mrs.Woolstan bridled still more.

There was a point of colour on her freckled cheeks, her lower lip showed a tooth's pressure.
"After all," she said, "you must remember that I am a woman, and if women don't express themselves quite as men do, I see no great harm in it.

I don't think mannishness is a very nice quality.