"Keep yourself engaged. Do not change your gondition any more."
"What do you say, Lord Silverdale?" said the Moon-man, anxiously.
"I am hardly an authority. You see I have so rarely been married. It depends on the character of your betrothed. Does she long to be of service in the world?"
The Moon-man winced.
"Yes, that's why she fell in love with me. Thought a Moon-man must be all noble sentiment like the Moon itself!"
"She is, then, young," said Silverdale, musingly. "Is she also beautiful?"
"Bewitching. Why does your lordship ask?"
"Because her services might be valuable as an Old Maid."
"Oh, if you could only get Diana to see it in that light!"