ANNYS Do you know, I'm not at all sure that I shan't.
[Unconsciously they let loose of one another.] You see, I shall
have the right of hitting back. [Again she laughs.]

GEOFFREY [Also laughingly.] Is woman going to develop the
fighting instinct?

ANNYS I wonder.

[A moment's silence.]

GEOFFREY The difficulty in our case is there seems nothing to
fight about.

ANNYS We must think of something. [Laughs.]

GEOFFREY What line are you going to take--what is your argument:
why they should vote for you in preference to me?

ANNYS Simply that I am a woman.

GEOFFREY My dear child, that won't be enough. Why should they
vote for you merely because you're a woman?

ANNYS [Slightly astonished.] Because--because women are wanted in
public life.

GEOFFREY Who wants them?