"You don't mean to announce our engagement this winter?" she asked uneasily.
"I mean to announce it now."
"Here!"
"Here—to-night."
"I—I don't wish to," she faltered. "You are unreasonable."
"Is there any reason why people shouldn't know it?"
"My dear boy, one doesn't announce such important matters on the impulse of the moment."
"If I'm going to marry you, I want people to know it now!" he said.
"I've explained that I did not wish it."
"Why?"