"This afternoon, when he made you come with him here?"
"How do you mean, 'say anything'?"
"You know what I mean."
"Mick?"
"Yes. Did he ask you to marry him?"
"No. He said a lot of funny things, but he didn't say that. He wouldn't."
"Why wouldn't he?"
"Because--he just wouldn't."
"Well, he says he understands you."
"Then," said Veronica conclusively, "of course he wouldn't."