“Of course I had,” said Lalage. “You.”
“I was just afraid you might be thinking of that.”
“You’ll do it of course.”
“No,” I said, “I won’t. There are reasons which I gave to my uncle this morning which made it quite impossible for me——”
“You’re not thinking of marrying her yourself, are you?”
“Certainly not.”
“Then there can’t be any real reason——”
“Lalage,” I said, “there is. I don’t like to mention the subject to you; but the fact is——”
“If it’s anything disagreeable I’d much rather not hear it.”
“It is, very; though it’s not true.”