"No, she is a stranger. Her people have come to live near here and he met her at a dance."
"Does Betty go to dances?"
"Not grown-up dances. She is too young yet."
"So she had not met the fiancee?"
"To be honest, none of us had. He rather sprang her on us. But we liked her so much we didn't mind."
"He must be very young to be settling down?"
"Oh, the whole thing is absurd, of course. He is twenty and she is eighteen. But they are very sweet together. And I was very young myself when I married and I have been very happy. The only thing I lacked was a daughter, and Betty filled that gap."
"What does she want to do when she leaves school?"
"She doesn't know. She has no special talent for anything as far as I can see. I have a notion that she will marry early."
"Because of her attractiveness?"