Miss Schuster-Slatt said she thought English husbands were lovely, and that she was preparing a questionnaire to be circulated to the young men of the United Kingdom, with a view to finding out their matrimonial preferences.
‘But English people won’t fill up questionnaires,’ said Harriet.
‘Won’t fill up questionnaires?’ cried Miss Schuster-Slatt taken aback.
‘No,’ said Harriet, ‘they won’t. As a nation we are not questionnaire-conscious.’
‘Well, that’s too bad,’ said Miss Schuster-Slatt. ‘But I do hope you will join the British Branch of our League for the Encouragement of Matrimonial Fitness. Our President, Mrs. J. Poppelhinken, is a wonderful woman. You would so much like to meet her. She will be coming to Europe next year. In the meantime I am here to do propaganda and study the who
