“And if I said ‘Yes’—what should you say then?”
“I should say, it was too windy to hear—too wet to answer—too cold to marry.”
“Too cold—that’s it! Isn’t it? Why are you so cold?”
“The wind—I can’t hear—I told you!”
“I am very serious—it’s no joke—”
Diana looked at him. “Are you really serious?” she asked.
He said he was very serious.
“Then I, too, am very serious. I should say I was very sorry, but I couldn’t.”
“Would you say why?”
“I should say it had nothing to do with the weather—the wind or the rain—but just to do with my heart.”