"Ah, that's why I've never seen him. I wondered why I'd never met my hated rival."
She laughed.
"Oh, now, you're going on silly, like the people in the play!... I don't believe you alf mean it."
"Don't you believe I love you?"
"How can you? You don't ardly know me, except as a friend."
"I'll tell you why I love you if you like, dearest."
"Well, why?" She spoke with girlish curiosity.
"Because you're lovely, and lovable, and sweet. Because you're a darling."
"Oh, I say!"
"Doesn't your boy, as you call him, say these things to [you?"]