Glanced at her figure, quickly looked up. She said, "Don’t strain your eyes, Mannie; I’m not carrying now. Too busy with politics. But hosting is a good profession for Free Woman. It’s high pay. Some Chinee families are wealthy and all my babies have been Chinee—and Chinee are smaller than average and I’m a big cow; a two-and-a-half- or three-kilo Chinese baby is no trouble. Doesn’t spoil my figure. These—" She glanced down at her lovelies. "I don’t wet-nurse them, I never see them. So I look nulliparous and younger than I am, maybe.