"What are we to do now ?" "Find another dragon," said Jaffery.
"But supposing I don't want another dragon ?" "That doesn't matter in the least.

You've got to have one." "Say, Jaff Chayne," cried Liosha, "do you think I can't look after myself by this time?
What do you take me for ?" I interposed.

"Rather a lonely young woman, that's all.

Jaffery, in his tactless way, by using the absurd term 'dragon,' has missed the point altogether.

You want a companion, if only to go about with, say to restaurants and theatres." "I guess I can get heaps of those," said Liosha, a smile in her eyes.
"Don't you worry!" "All the more reason for a dragon." "If you mean somebody who's going to sit on my back every time I talk to a man, I decidedly object.