"Perhaps so. They do; I've noticed it. I say, Eve, wouldn't it be curious if we ended up that way?" said Alan.
"Ended up which way?"
"By marrying. How would you like it? Have you ever considered the prospect?"
"Have you?" she asked without looking at him.
"No, I can't say I have. I don't suppose you'd have me in any case."
"Oh! you don't think I'd have you! Well, consider it over—perhaps we might do worse."
"Eve, you're not serious! You haven't been looking at it from that point of view?" he said.
"I believe I'd marry you to-morrow if you asked me, Alan," she said smiling, in a half-joking tone, but her heart beat painfully fast.
"Good Lord, you don't say so!" exclaimed Alan, in such alarmed tones she could not help laughing.
"Please do not be alarmed," she said.