Peggy isn't sure if it makes her the special exception that she's managed to get Stella to do something that she hasn't done in years, but there's a sense of pride in her, even though she's not going to out and out be victorious about such things. Still, there seems to be a story to it. Even Peggy, who values her independence fiercely, can't imagine twenty years without that sort of contact.

"Were they already a policewoman?" she asks, assuming it had been another woman. "Or is this the opposite effect where you went into policing because they were a poor example and you wanted to do something about it?"