“Yes, Caroline, provided you will be equally confiding.”
“I will, I assure you.”
“Well, then, I was thinking of a gentleman.”
“And so was I,” replied Caroline.
“Mine was a very handsome, clever young man.”
“And so was mine,” replied she.
“But I am not smitten with him,” continued I.
“I cannot answer that question,” replied Caroline, “because I do not know who you were thinking about.”
“You must answer the question as to the gentleman you were thinking of, Caroline. I repeat that I am not smitten with him, and that his name is Mr Charles Selwyn.”
“I was also thinking of Mr Charles Selwyn,” replied Caroline.