He is a misogynist; a mere bookworm! Of no account.

Do not waste a thought on him." "You mean---- ?" "That he detests the best part of life--that he has deliberately turned his back on all that makes our existence here worth the having.

I should call him a fool, but that one so dislikes having an imbecile in one's family." "The best part of life! You say he has turned his back on that." She lets her hands fall upon her knees, and turns a frowning, perplexed, but always lovely face to his.

"What is it," asks she, "that best part ?" "Women!" returns he, slowly, undauntedly, in spite of the innocence, the serenity, that shines in the young and exquisite face before him.
Her eyes do not fall before his.

She is plainly thinking.