The tension between her lack of control and her attempt to suppress it is horrible. It's like a fart in church.

“Better not to invent her in her absence. Better to wait until she's actually he…”

“How dare she be anything he was annoyed with her for not being?”

“Women are hard to keep track of, most of them. They slip into other names, and …”

“It isn't running away they're afraid of. We wouldn't get far. It's those other …”