"Look out that it don't go astray again in that direction."
"I only did it to find out——"
"Whether I wore steel skirts, eh?"
"Exactly."
"Well, I don't need such things; I'm plump enough not to wear substitutes.—What in the world's the matter with your boots?"
"Nothing. They're too big; they keep falling."
"Why didn't you wear hoop-skirts on your legs? they wouldn't be out of the way."
"Are you free, pretty domino, or under the control of a husband?"
"What makes you ask me that? Do you want to marry me?"
"Why, when one desires to form a loving intimacy, isn't it natural to find out, first of all, the situation of the person one desires?"