"But knowing a person and knowing about him, are very different things."
"Very. And if you have the one sort of knowledge, it seems to me you must want to have the other. Unless, where both are alike uninteresting; which I cannot suppose is my case."
"No," said Dolly, laughing a little, "but I suppose you will tell me things by degrees, without my asking."
"What makes you suppose that?"
"It would be natural, wouldn't it?"
"Would it be natural, without your showing any interest?"
"Ah, but now you are supposing. Perhaps I should show interest."
Sandie laughed now heartily.
"I will try you," said he. "I will begin and tell you something without questions asked. Dolly, I have a house."
"Have you?"