David laughed:
"It's all prejudice. You can't give any real reason."
"Of course I can't. Those things don't always have reasons. You're always asking for reasons and I never have any to give you."
"I'll have to teach you to have them."
She looked slantwise at him smiling. "I'm afraid that will be a great undertaking. I'm very stupid about learning things. You ask father and Daddy John what a terrible task it was getting me educated. The only person that didn't bother about it was this one"—she laid a finger on her chest— "She never cared in the least."
"Well I'll begin a second education. When we get settled I'll teach you to reason."
"Begin now." She folded her hands demurely in her lap and lifting her head back laughed: "Here I am waiting to learn."
"No. We want more time. I'll wait till we're married."
Her laughter diminished to a smile that lay on her lips, looking stiff and uncomfortable below the fixity of her eyes.
"That's such a long way off," she said faintly.