Chapter 6
'Why don't men and women really like one another nowadays?' Connie asked Tommy Dukes, who was more or less her oracle.
'Oh, but they do! I don't think since the human species was invented, there has ever been a time when men and women have liked one another as much as they do today. Genuine liking! Take myself. I really like women better than men; they are braver, one can be more frank with them.'
Connie pondered this.
'Ah, yes, but you never have anything to do with them!' she said.
'I? What am I doing but talking perfectly sincerely to a woman at this moment?'
'Yes, talking...'
'And what more could I do if you were a man, than talk perfectly sincerely to you?'
'Nothing perhaps. But a woman...'
'A woman wants you to like her and talk to her, and at the same time love he
