"Indeed it is!"
"And, being of such a ripe age, it is probable that she, at any rate, has—been in love."
"Scores of times!"
"Oh!" said I, puffing very hard at my pipe
"Or fancied so," said Charmian.
"That," I replied, "that is a very different thing!"
"Do you think so?"
"Well—isn't it?"
"Perhaps."
"Very well, then, continue, I beg."