CHAPTER NINEThe sensation of peace and happiness lasted, although John had not dared to hope that it would. Cecilia was with him almost all the time and he never, for one moment, found her conversation dull. He had not imagined it possible that he could find a woman’s mind so fascinating. He almost laughed aloud at the irony of these thoughts when she said,
“I like arguing with you. It is so hard for a girl to find someone to talk to sensibly. Mostly people expect us to talk nonsense. If we try to talk about serious things men become offended, as though we had trespassed on territory reserved exclusively for them.”
“Then they are very foolish,” John mused. “They should treasure a woman for her serious qualities as well as for her beauty.”
“Too many of them treasure her for her money,” s
