"When you say 'unless something can be done,' what do you mean? What can be done?"
"I thought you might have something to suggest. Don't you think it possible that somehow Mortimer might take it into his head to break the engagement himself?"
"Absurd! He loves you devotedly."
"I'm afraid so. Only the other day I dropped one of his best vases, and he just smiled and said it didn't matter."
"I can give you even better proof than that. This morning Mortimer came to me and asked me to give him secret lessons in golf."
"Golf! But he despises golf."
"Exactly. But he is going to learn it for your sake."
"But why secret lessons?"
"Because he wants to keep it a surprise for your birthday. Now can you doubt his love?"
"I am not worthy of him!" she whispered.