"Had he?" said Arthur.
"But your noses," I went on reassuringly, "were not to be compared with each other."
"Oh!" said Arthur.
"He was so impulsive!" I couldn't help smiling a little at the recollection. "But for that matter they all were."
"Impulsive?" asked Arthur.
"Yes. Ridiculously so. They thought as little of proposing as of asking one to dance."
"Ah!" said Arthur.
"Of course, I never accepted any of them, even for a moment. But they had such a way of taking things for granted. Why one man actually thought I was engaged to him!"
"Really!" said Arthur. "May I inquire——"
"No, dear," I replied, "I think not. I couldn't tell anybody about it—for his sake. It was all a silly mistake. Some of them," I added thoughtfully, "were very stupid."