"Gad! I'll send her a Valentine every day of the week, and put one in her Prayer Book on Sundays."
"Oh, sir! but sure, it might end in a wedding, and that's a very serious matter as all the world knows."
"Not more serious than love," said Charles.
"Well, no, perhaps not more than love; but then neither of 'em is in love with t'other."
"I swear they shall be."
"You can't force people to fall in love."
"Can't you?" said Charles very earnestly, so earnestly that Phyllida thought the air was turning chill and that they ought to go back to the ballroom.
"Not yet," pleaded Mr. Lovely. "I thought we might walk towards the Maze."
"The Maze?" said she quickly.
"Why, yes! the entrance is but a few yards from where we are."