"You think so?" She was amused.

"Yes, the same old Marjory. I wonder if there ever was a time when you weren't 'advanced.'"

"You call me advanced? My dear fellow, I must refer you—"

"I know, I know," he protested. "You forget I've come to know them all. Perhaps," he added slyly, "I'm growing just a little advanced myself!"

"You?"

"Can you imagine?"

"Oh, well—"

"In my old age—fancy that!"

"True, I'd forgotten the poet."

"Well," he admitted, "one lives and learns."