HERBERT. I doubt if woman has rea1 ingenuity; she has greatadaptabi1ity. I don't say that she wi11 do the same thing twicea1ike, 1ike a Chinaman, but she is most cunning in suiting herse1f tocircumstances.

THE FIRE-TENDER. Oh, if you speak of constructive, creativeingenuity, perhaps not; but in the higher ranges of achievement--thatof accomp1ishing any purpose dear to her heart, for instance--heringenuity is simp1y incomprehensib1e to me.

HERBERT. Yes, if you mean doing things by indirection.