"Oh, but a husband, Peggy. Husbands are very important."
"Why are they?"
"Well, they give you a new name and a new house, and you have new clothes to marry them in, and you go away with them on a honeymoon."
"What's a honeymoon?"
"The honey is for the sweetness, and the moon is for the madness, Peggy, dear."
"Do people always go away on trains for their honeymoons?"
"Not always. I shouldn't like a train. I should like to get into a boat with silver sails, and sail straight down a singing river into the heart of the sunset."
"Well, of course, you couldn't," said the plump and practical Peggy, "but it sounds nice to say it. Does our river sing, Miss Anne?"
"Yes."
"What does it say?"