The Wooer Insisted, Newland, You're So Original, She Exulted.

Newland asked his cousin why they weren't better off than he was. She replied that women should be free to speak for themselves. He stood silent, beating his stick nervously against his boot top. Janie wandered in on him smoking sullenly in his study. The next day the two of them had a long talk about their future plans. Newland found himself saying all the things that young men in the same situation were expected to say. His heart sank when she called him ' original'