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But that is not a common case, is it? Have you any
other?' The young man paused before he spoke:
'There is another, but I don't think I can go into it fairly with
you.'
'Why not?'
'Well, because after all you know, Stephen, you are only a girl and
you can't be expected to know.' The girl laughed:
'Well, if it's anything about women surely a girl, even of my tender
age, must know something more of it, or be able to guess at, than any
young man can. However, say what you think and I'll tell you frankly
if I agree--that is if a woman can be just, in such a matter.'
'Shortly the point is this: Can a woman be just to another woman, or
to a man for the matter of that, where either her own affection or a
fault of the other is concerned?'
'I don't see any reason to the contrary. Surely pride alone should
ensure justice in the former case, and the consciousness of
superiority in the other.' The young man shook his head:
'Pride and the consciousness of superiority! Are they not much the
same thing.


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