‘Oh, ah. . She read voraciously, and presently, because of her aunt’s censorship, she took to smuggling any books she thought might be prohibited instead of bringing them home openly, and she went to the theatre whenever she could produce an acceptable friend to accompany her. To tell you the truth, he spoke to me very seriously upon the subject. How she needed him! Next moment, she had wrenched open the door, and was confronting her guard. ’ ‘What? But—’ ‘Precisely, Hilary. The whole neighbourhood was disturbed.