“Do you really wish to know, papa?”
“Well, I do.”
“Remember, I am a full-grown woman now.”
“Well, what then?”
“Being a woman, and not a child, I may, I think, have a secret or two.”
“You will, it seems.”
“Women have, as a rule.”
“But don’t keep them. So speak out.”
“If you will not press me now, I give my word to tell you the meaning of all this before the week is past.”
“On your honour?”