‘Nonsense, you may let the opportunity go by, and then you would repent it, take my word for it.’
‘Probably, I might,’ said Kay, ‘but I shall e’en trust fortune a little while longer.’
‘But fortune will not trust you—we owe her too large an account already,’ observed Maretzo.
‘But I am determined to jilt the jade still further, yet.’
‘Mind you do not deceive yourself.’
‘Leave me alone for that.’
‘After all, if a pretty girl, with a handsome portion is thrown in your way, I do not fear but that I shall be able to make you a convert.’
‘Well, we’ll leave that till the opportunity offers itself.’
‘Be it so.’
‘But you are really serious?’