He climbed up after her, George Amberson having gone to the other side.

"You're the same Isabel I used to know!" he said in a low voice.

"You're a divinely ridiculous woman." "Am I, Eugene ?" she said, not displeased.

"'Divinely' and 'ridiculous' just counterbalance each other, don't they?
Plus one and minus one equal nothing; so you mean I'm nothing in particular ?" "No," he answered, tugging at a lever.

"That doesn't seem to be precisely what I meant.