They are the two who will be down here longest together, and if they are
going to fall foul of one another about any burning question, well, there
will be more unpleasantness."
"Can't you find out anything about them? About their opinions, I mean."
"Anything? My dear Lena, there's scarcely anything that I haven't found
out about them. They're both of them moderate Liberal, Evangelical,
mildly opposed to female suffrage, they approve of the Falconer Report,
and the Stewards' decision about Craganour. Thank goodness in this
country we don't fly into violent passions about Wagner and Brahms and
things of that sort. There is only one thorny subject that I haven't
been able to make sure about, the only stone that I have left unturned.
Are they unanimously anti-vivisectionist or do they both uphold the
necessity for scientific experiment? There has been a lot of
correspondence on the subject in our local newspapers of late, and the
vicar is certain to preach a sermon about it; vicars are dreadfully
provocative at times. Now, if you could only find out for me whether
these two men are divergently for or against--"
"I!" exclaimed Lena; "how am I to find out? I don't know either of them
to speak to.
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