"I do like him—"
"You did exactly right to refuse. By all means stand pat, and don't—"
"'Stand pat.' I have not heard that word since I was in Baltimore."
"It's awful to marry somebody you don't like," he declared, with such earnest conviction that she inquired, quickly:
"Ah, then are you married?"
"No! But everybody says it's positively criminal to marry without love."
"The gentleman is very handsome."
He shuddered, "Beware of handsome men. If you have any idea of marriage, select a large, plain man with blue eyes and light hair."
"I do not know such a person."
"Not yet, of course; that is, not well enough to marry him."