‘“To be his wife?”
‘“He said wife.”
‘“And you replied?”
‘“I—said I would.”
‘“Tell me all?”
‘“He said we were plighted.”
‘Now, “wife” is one of the words he abhors; and he loathes the hearing of a girl as “engaged.” However, “plighted” carried a likeness.
‘I pressed her: “My dear Carinthia, you thought him in earnest?”
‘“He was.”
‘“How do you judge?”