“Yes.”
“May I take it that, but for the disturbing influence of B, A would be a satisfactory—er—candidate?”
“Ye—es; I think so.”
“She therefore enjoys a certainty of considerable happiness if she marries A?”
“Ye—es; not perfect, because of—B, you know.”
“Quite so, quite so; but still a fair amount of happiness. Is it not so?”
“I don’t—well, perhaps.”
“On the other hand, if B did ask her, we are to postulate a higher degree of happiness for her?”
“Yes, please, Mr. Jerningham—much higher.”
“For both of them?”