Read this excerpt from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
. . . there was a rather awkward pause, as Alice didn’t know how to begin a conversation with people she had just been dancing with. . . .
"So much obliged!” added Tweedledee. "You like poetry?”
"Ye-es, pretty well – some poetry,” Alice said doubtfully. "Would you tell me which road leads out of the wood?”
Which of these details provides support for the idea that the characters have common interests?
. . . there was a rather awkward pause . . .
“So much obliged!” added Tweedledee.
“You like poetry?”
