athousandwordsandactionsbecameplaintoher。
“Becausemenarebrutes！Ihatemen！“sheexclaimed。
“Ithoughtyousaidyoulikedhim？“saidHelen。
“Ilikedhim，andIlikedbeingkissed，“sheanswered，asifthatonlyaddedmoredifficultiestoherproblem。
Helenwassurprisedtoseehowgenuinebothshockandproblemwere，butshecouldthinkofnowayofeasingthedifficultyexceptbygoingontalking。Shewantedtomakeherniecetalk，andsotounderstandwhythisratherdull，kindly，plausiblepoliticianhadmadesodeepanimpressiononher，forsurelyattheageoftwenty-fourthiswasnotnatural。