For, after all, what is it you want?
You want to have that wonderful brain of yours restored, so that you may begin to teach, and, perhaps, write a book.

Well, to repeat my former words: you are still at phase one, and you are longing to be strong enough to fulfil your ambitions and write a book.

When you arrive at phase four, you will be quite content to dust one of your uncle's books instead: far more useful work and far more worthy of encouragement.

If every one who wrote books now would be satisfied to dust books already written, what a regenerated world it would become!" She laughed good-temperedly.

His remarks did not vex her; or, at least, she showed no vexation.