“An unsupposable case, my dear.”
“But not an impossible one.”
“I hope so. My gracious! I have waited three years already.”
“But we will be wiser and older then.”
“We will be older, I suppose, but little wiser.”
“And wiser, too, I am sure. We can try it and see, at all events.”
“Irene, will you not promise me now?” asked Kingman, in an earnest tone.
“Perhaps so. Ask and see.”
“Well, then, will you be my wife?”
“Yes.”