"And was she pretty?"
"Of course; I shouldn't have been in love with her if she hadn't been."
Muriel tossed back her head and laughed. "Oh, but how absurd, Roland! Some of the ugliest women I've ever seen have managed to get husbands."
"And some pretty hideous-looking men get pretty wives."
"But I suppose the pretty wives think their ugly husbands are all right."
"And equally I suppose the handsome husbands think their plain wives beautiful."
They laughed together, but Muriel raised a warning finger. "We are getting off the point," she said. "I want to know more about your Betty. Was she dark?"
"Darkish—yes."
"And her eyes; were they dark too?"