I never thought this fighting an antediluvian monster would be such a complicated job.

This one is a woman, with all a woman's wit, combined with the heartlessness of a _cocotte_.

She has the strength and impregnability of a diplodocus.
We may be sure that in the fight that is before us there will be no semblance of fair-play.

Also that our unscrupulous opponent will not betray herself!" "That is so--but being feminine, she will probably over-reach herself.
Now, Adam, it strikes me that, as we have to protect ourselves and others against feminine nature, our strong game will be to play our masculine against her feminine.

Perhaps we had better sleep on it.