[He hands him a slip.] Take this
to the printers. Tell them I must have a proof to-night.
JAWBONES Yes, sir. [Finds his cap and goes out.]
ST. HERBERT The answer, I should say, would be that the majority
of women will continue to find something better to do. The women
who will throw themselves into politics will be the unattached
women, the childless women. [In an instant he sees his mistake,
but it is too late.]
GEOFFREY [He rises, crosses to the desk, throws into a waste-
paper-basket a piece of crumpled paper that was in his hand; then
turns. The personal note has entered into the discussion.] The
women who WANT to be childless--what about them?
ST. HERBERT [He shrugs his shoulders.] Are there any such?
GEOFFREY There are women who talk openly of woman's share in the
general scheme being a "burden" on her--an "incubus."
ST. HERBERT A handful of cranks. To the normal woman motherhood
has always been the one supreme desire.
GEOFFREY Because children crowned her with honour.
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