"They don't marry for love?"
"It is as in France—not for love. And in America?"
"Well, we don't think it nice for people to marry unless they are in love."
"So desuka," she said, which still means "Indeed." And then she went on:
"Japanese girls obey their parents." And then she added, rather sadly, I thought, "and sometimes they are very unhappy."
"And what then?"
"Oh, deevorces—are very common among the lower classes, but among the middle and upper classes it is verry difficult."
"So desuka!" I said, for I was surprised.
"So desu," said the Little Maid, which is the proper answer.