This remark, taken in connection with the kisses which preceded it, could only have one meaning. I realized at once that I actually was going to marry Lalage. I was not exactly surprised, but the news was so very important that I felt it right to make absolutely certain of its truth.
“You’re quite sure, I suppose?” I said.
“Lalage has been here with me. She has only just gone.”
“Then we may regard it as settled.”
“You silly boy! Haven’t you been settling it for the last hour?”
“That’s exactly what I want to know. Have I? I mean to say, have we?”
“Lalage seems to think you have.”
“That’s all right then. She’d be sure to know.”
“How can you talk like that when you’ve arranged everything down to the minutest details?”
This startled me. I felt it necessary to ask for more information.