In the dim light he could see that she had pushed all her hair back from her brows.

She was trying to follow him exactly, so exactly that she confused him a little.

He became more general.

"In many ways," he concluded, "the advantages of character and experience are with the lower classes." He had not meant to use the word, but when it slipped out, he did not regret it.
"In all ways," she answered.
He was not sure he had heard.
"All the advantages ?" he said.
"All the advantages of character." He had to ask her to explain.

One reason, perhaps, why Mrs.Wayne habitually avoided a direct question was that, when once started, her candor had no bounds.