"What?"
"Are you in love with Miss Charters?"
"I wonder," he said evasively.
"Are you serious?" she asked quickly.
"And if I said yes—"
"You are thinking of marriage?"
"And if I were?"
"You'd be a big fool," she said decisively.
He raised his eyebrows, astonished and wounded.
"You say this—the day before your own?"