I wondered how the botanist managed to get it in. "About that woman?" I said.
"About a man and a woman who hate each other and can't get away from each other."
"I know," I said.
"It sounds absurd."
"It is."
"Why can't they get away? What is there to keep them together? It's ridiculous. I——"
"Quite."
"He would tell it to me."
"It's his way."
"He interrupted me. And there's no point in it. Is he——" he hesitated, "mad?"
"There's a whole world of people mad with him," I answered after a pause.