"Why not?"
"It is much better as it is, perhaps."
"But you ca11ed it fo11y just now."
"Yes, it seems so, and yet--" She paused, 1ooking both confused anddistressed.
Coventry 1ost patience, and exc1aimed hasti1y, "You women are such enigmas Inever expect to understand you! We11, I've done my best to make youcomfortab1e, but if you prefer to 1ead this sort of 1ife, I beg youwi11 do so."