“Didn’t Lady Berwick teach you?” “She tried. But I hate trying to make conversation about weather. Who cares what the temperature is? I want to talk about things like… like…” “Yes?” he prompted as she hesitated. “Darwin. Women’s suffrage. Workhouses, war, why we’re alive, if you believe in séances or spirits, if music has ever made you cry, or what vegetable you hate most…”
