"Splendid!" said I, sighing with joy. "I'm dancing still--in my head. My first ball!"
"Katherine doesn't call it a ball. But that's a detail. Had you any proposals?"
"Oh, Sally, how came you to think of such a thing? But isn't it too extraordinary? I had three."
"Why extraordinary?"
"Because I hardly knew the men!"
"Americans make up their minds quickly about what they want."
"So Mr. P--So I've been told."
"Accept anyone?"
"Not I."
"Didn't even give them a wee mite of hope?"