" I'm familiar with the myth, I'm merely surprised that a femalewould be familiar with the classics." " You must have a very limited experience with my sex," Alexandrasaid, surprised. " My grandfather said most women are every bit asintelligent as men." She saw his eyes take on the sudden gleam of suppressed laughterand assumed, mistakenly, that he was amused by her assessment offemale intelligence rather than her remark about his inexperiencewith women. "