"Why, isn't it her you mean? Both Marie and I have noticed you've been visiting her pretty often of late."
"Me—to marry a woman that age!"
"But she must be much younger than you!"
"Oh—that's different. Men can marry at any age and keep on marrying."
"But who is the favoured one, then?"
"The favoured one, as you are pleased to call her, is Miss Betty——"
"Betty! You marry Betty Rantzau?"
"Yes; don't you think it's a good idea? Suit us all round."
"Oh, it's ridiculous, impossible!"
"And why, may I ask?"