"YES!" (Fortissimo.)
"Whew!" Miss Clendenning caught her breath and gave a little gasp.
"Well, upon my word! You don't seem to have lost any time, my young
Romeo. What does her father say?"
"He doesn't know anything about it."
"Does anybody except you two babes in the wood?"
"Yes, her mother."
"And yours? You told her last night. I knew you would."
"Not everything; but she is all upset."
"Of course she is. So am I. Now tell me—is she a LADY?"
"She is the dearest, sweetest girl you—"
"Come now, come now, answer me. They are all the dearest and sweetest things in the world. What I want to know is, is she a lady?"