We talk as if we could see the end, and we're nowhere near it, we're in all the muddle of the middle--that's why we're hampered with Miss Quincey and other interesting relics of the past." "We are slowly getting rid of them." At that Rhoda blazed up.

She was young, and she was reckless, and she had too many careers open to her to care much about consequences.

Miss Cursiter had asked for her opinion and she should have it with a vengeance.
"It's not enough to get rid of them.

We ought to provide for them.

Who or what do we provide for, if it comes to that?
We're always talking about specialisation, and the fact is we haven't specialised enough.