"Oh, no," Susan says, lips quirking. "I've known for years." It's true, but certainly not the whole truth. This doesn't feel like the space for talking about it, though: her confidence in coupling, but her difficulty in putting a name to it around all but her closest friends. Ingrid knew. Miriam obviously knew. Some of the closer or more like-minded members of their inner circle of friends, too. Edmund saw, when he stopped by for the book. They'd talked around it, but never about it. Maybe there will be a time, later, when Susan will be able to talk to Janet about all this, but right now she's having fun kissing a beautiful woman.