Susan shall address these things one at a time. She takes a sip of her drink and starts with, "It was too dark to make him out, and anyway, Enjolras is a terrible bore¹. I asked him if his disrespect for me was general or specific and he told me it wasn't because I'm a woman, given that women are the mothers of the republic and ought to be treated as such."


¹Or did she say boor?