Read "Arrowsmith" by Sinclair Lewis online for free on Textopian. Full text with search, annotations, highlights, and AI-powered reading aids.
For science Joyce had great respect and no understanding. Often she asked Martin to explain his work, but when he was glowing, making diagrams with his thumb-nail on the tablecloth, she would interrupt him with a gracious "Darling-do you mind-just a second-Plinder, isn't there anymore of the sherry?"
When she turned back to him, though her eyes were kind his enthusiasm was gone.