Of course there is in it the spice of the difference of sex, and why not accept that as a pleasant thing?
How much better if, when we met a woman we liked, we could say frankly, 'Now let us amuse each other without any _arriere pensee_.

If I married you to-day, even though I feel quite ready to, I should ten to one see some one next week who would make me regret having bound myself.

So would you, my dear.

Very well, let us tantalise each other agreeably, and be at ease in the sense that we are on the right side of the illusion.' You laugh at the idea ?" Julian laughed, but not heartily.

They passed to other things.
"I'm making an article out of Elm Court," said Waymark.
"Semi-descriptive, semi-reflective, wholly cynical Maybe it will pay for my summer holiday.