“I do not wish to hear of love from any man, for it is farther from my thoughts than any other subject at present.”
“But you surely intend to marry some time.”
“Certainly; every young lady thinks of marriage at some time, but at present I do not. I shall find enough of care if I marry at twenty-five.”
“Then pardon me, but I shall wait until you think of it.”
“It is quite useless, I assure you.”
“Do you really mean it?”
“I do.”
“Is it because you do not admire me?”
“I did not say that, but I am decided on one point, and that is that before I marry at all I shall study well the character of the man I marry.”