Out of the full heart the mouth speaks. "Have you seen George?" asked Lady Frances.
"No; I did not go to see him. He, of course, would be at his office during the day. I went about my own business."
"You need not be so savage with me, John. What was your own business at Holloway?"
"I went to ask Marion Fay to be my wife."
"You did?"
"Yes; I did. Why should I not? It seems the fashion for us all now to marry just those we fancy best."
"And why not? Have I gainsaid you? If this Quaker's daughter be good and honest, and fair to look at—"
"That she is fair to look at I can say certainly. That she is good I believe thoroughly. That she is honest, at any rate to me, I cannot say as yet."
"Not honest?"
"She will not steal or pick a pocket, if you mean that."