“Who are you going to be married to—to the lady we saw that day?”
“Oh, no, not to her.”
“I don't believe you. You mean to say you haven't been to see her since.”
“I assure you—-”
“You mean to say you haven't seen her?”
“I don't say that. I've just come from Ireland. I've been staying with my uncle. She spent a week with us; that's all I have seen of her. I am going now to see the young lady whom I am engaged to.”
“And when will you be married?”
“I don't know; there are a great many difficulties in the way. Perhaps I shall never marry her.”
“Nonsense. I know better. You think it will take me in. I'll never be taken in again, not if I know it.”
“I don't want to take you in.”