You see what chance for happiness we have?
But it's the truth, and the world has been made that way.

It's a man's world, Valerie.

I don't think there's much use for us to fight against it....
She sat very silent for a while, close to Valerie, her hot face on the younger girl's shoulder.

Suddenly she straightened up and dried her eyes naively on the sleeve of her kimona.
"Goodness!" she said, "I almost forgot!" And a moment later Valerie heard her at the telephone: "Is that you, John ?" * * * * * "Have you remembered to take your medicine ?" * * * * * "How perfectly horrid of you! Take it at once! It's the one in the brown bottle--six drops in a wineglass of water--".