'He's older than I am.'
'Older than you are? About forty?'
'About that, I should think.'
'Have you known him all your life?'
'I've been married six years, and I only knew him a week before we were married.'
'Only a week! What a courageous thing to do! Do you know his relatives?'
'I don't think he has any. I never heard him speak of them. The only thing I know about him is that he's a gentleman.'
'What do you understand by a gentleman?'
'I can't explain. But I know a gentleman when I see him, and I'm sure my James is one.'
She seemed to hesitate before she put her next question.