No, I think
the postcard scheme would be more hopeful and decidedly less tiresome.
How would it be best to word them?"
"Oh, something like this: 'Are you in favour of experiments on living
animals for the purpose of scientific research--Yes or No?' That is
quite simple and unmistakable. If they don't answer it will at least be
an indication that they are indifferent about the subject, and that is
all I want to know."
"All right," said Lena, "I'll get my brother-in-law to let me have them
addressed to his office, and he can telephone the result of the
plebiscite direct to you."
"Thank you ever so much," said Lady Prowche gratefully, "and be sure to
get the cards sent off as soon as possible."
On the following Tuesday the voice of an office clerk, speaking through
the telephone, informed Lady Prowche that the postcard poll showed
unanimous hostility to experiments on living animals.
Lady Prowche thanked the office clerk, and in a louder and more fervent
voice she thanked Heaven. The two invitations, already sealed and
addressed, were immediately dispatched; in due course they were both
accepted. The house party of the halcyon hours, as the prospective
hostess called it, was auspiciously launched.
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