Book 2, Chapter 2: The First Question and an Answer to It

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​⁠But within a day or two, when a conversation overheard at a luncheon table recalled the architect to her mind, a rather perplexing question propounded itself to her. Why had it infuriated him so—why had he glared at her with that air of astounded incredulity, on discovering that she wasn't prepared to take him seriously? There could be only one answer to that question. He could not have expected R