It was rather a resistance to authority, than liberty. Gerald
had some command, by mere force of personality, not because of any
granted position. There was a quality in his voice, amiable but
dominant, that cowed the others, who were all younger than he.
Hermione was having a discussion with the bridegroom about nationality.
'No,' she said, 'I think that the appeal to patriotism is a mistake. It
is like one house of business rivalling another house of business.'
'Well you can hardly say that, can you?' exclaimed Gerald, who had a
real PASSION for discussion. 'You couldn't call a race a business
concern, could you?--and nationality roughly corresponds to race, I
think. I think it is MEANT to.'
There was a moment's pause. Gerald and Hermione were always strangely
but politely and evenly inimical.
'DO you think race corresponds with nationality?' she asked musingly,
with expressionless indecision.
Birkin knew she was waiting for him to participate. And dutifully he
spoke up.
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