“I am not so sure that I am; I am surer that I want to.”
“You are a cautious calculating Englishman.”
“I believe I am—up to a certain point.”
“Your face looks so hard and brown in that shadow. I’ve had men propose the third time they met me.”
“Probably.”
“You can propose, if it will ease your mind. I shall never marry.”
“Why not?”
“I think it would be heavenly to be an old maid, and make patchwork quilts for missionaries.”
“I shall take pleasure in imagining you in the rôle when I am digging away at Blue Books and Reports.”