ANNYS [More astonished.] Who? Why--[it doesn't seem too clear.]
Why, all of us--you, yourself!

GEOFFREY I'm not East Poplar.

ANNYS [Is puzzled a moment, then valiantly.] I shall ask them to
send me to Parliament to represent the interests of their women--
and therefore of themselves--the interests of their children.

GEOFFREY Children! What do you know about children?

[Another silence.]

ANNYS Personally--no. We have had no children of our own, of
course. But [hopefully] it is a woman's instinct.

GEOFFREY Oh, Lord! That's what the lady said who had buried
seven.

ANNYS [Her mouth is growing hard.] Don't you believe in the right
of women to share in the government of the country?

GEOFFREY Some women. Yes. I can see some capable -

ANNYS [Winces.]

GEOFFREY --elderly, motherly woman who has brought up a dozen
children of her own--who knows the world, being of some real use.

ANNYS If it comes to that, there must be--I don't say more