'But then I haven't, you see.' She laughed.
'Albert is anything but a bookworm, as you know.' 'You wouldn't wish him to be.' 'Oh no! Not a bookworm.

To be sure, we suit each other very well indeed.
He likes society just as much as I do.

It would be the death of him if he didn't spend three-quarters of every day with lively people.' 'That's rather a large portion.

But then you count yourself among the lively ones.' They exchanged looks, and laughed together.
'Of course you think me rather silly to want to talk so much with silly people,' Edith went on.

'But then there's generally some amusement to be got, you know.