"If you say that, you know, I believe it," said Osmond, coming toward her. "There are some points in which my confidence in you is complete. I＇m perfectly aware, for instance, that you know good society from bad."
"Society is all bad."
"Pardon me. That isn＇t—the knowledge I impute to you—a common sort of wisdom. You＇ve gained it in the right way—experimentally; you＇ve compared an immense number of more or less impossible people with each other."
"Well, I invite you to pro昀t by my knowledge."
