"Even if he be, the difficulty will be to prove it."
Slingsby, having contemplated this difficulty in silence for a minute or two, said: "Do you know, Cis, that my father has been badgering me again about that old family scheme for making you and me man and wife?"
"And Lady Loughton has been stirring up my aunt about the same thing. They have become friends again since Alic's death."
"I wish they would mind their own business."
"So do I, with all my heart."
"Do you think we care enough for each other, Cis, to marry."
"I think it very doubtful, Slingsby, whether we do."
"When you are told from youth upward that you must marry one person and no other, you naturally begin to rebel in your secret heart."
"My own feelings exactly."
"You know, Cis, I am very fond of you, and always have been."