"Margaret, do you know that I love you a great deal?"
"I know that you are a great flirt."
"Of course. That makes my real love so very exceptional and precious."
"Does Virginia know that?"
"Virginia almost understands everything, but of course she can't afford to admit it, or one would behave too impossibly."
"Matthew, may I tell you something very serious?"
"Yes, if you don't expect me to profit by it."
"I used to understand almost everything, and I went on stretching and stretching till it broke, and now I understand nothing."
"Perhaps you are right," he twinkled at her, "perhaps I had better not marry Virginia."
"Are you trying to make me unhappy?"