"Why do you say that, Mr. De Burgh? am I uncivil?"
"No. What a fool I am making of myself! Tell me, are you really going away to-morrow to bury yourself alive?"
"I am really."
"After all, I believe you are right. I am always bored in London. Women think it a paradise."
"I like London so well that I shall probably make it my headquarters."
"It's rather premature for you to make plans, isn't it?"
"Whether it is or not, I have arranged my future much to my own satisfaction."
"The deuce you have! What, at nineteen?"
"Is that an attempt to find out my age?" asked Katherine, laughing.
"No! for I fancy I know it. How far is this place you are going to from town, and how do you get to it?"