“Why not?”
“You know one reason, anyway.”
“You mean that fellow,” he said with a shrug.
“Yes, of course.”
They remained rather silent for a while. Presently he said:
“Merely to be in love with each other doesn’t place either of us definitely.”
“Place us?” she repeated, perplexed. “It places us with each other, doesn’t it?”
“But not with the world.”
She considered this while covers were removed and another course laid.
“Darling, do you mind carving that chicken? If you don’t want to, Hattie can take it to the kitchen——”