"You may put me down for the platform," he cried, and vanished abashed
behind the curtain of his Times, where his wife found him at lunch time.
"I hear that you have had quite a long chat with Mrs. Westmacott," said
she.
"Yes, and I think that she is one of the most sensible women that I ever
knew."
"Except on the woman's rights question, of course."
"Oh, I don't know. She had a good deal to say for herself on that also.
In fact, mother, I have taken a platform ticket for her meeting."