"Or rather--I do know quite well.

You told papa--didn't you ?--and Mr.
Raeburn says that you are a Socialist--not half-and-half, as all the world is, but the real thing?
And of course you want great changes: you don't like anything that might strengthen the upper class with the people.

But that is nonsense.

You can't get the changes for a long _long_ time.

And, meanwhile, people must be clothed and fed and kept alive." She lay back in her high-backed chair and looked at him defiantly.