Literal.—Visitor (to Disconsolate One). "Rejected you, did she? Oh, what o' that? Often do at first. Try her again. You're not pertinacious enough. You should have pressed her——" Dejected One. "Yes, but—confound her!—she wouldn't let me come near her!"
PARRIED
The Major (not so young as he feels). "Ah, Miss Muriel, in the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of——"
Miss Muriel (who wishes to avoid a proposal). "What a memory you have, major!"
He. "Oh, pray, Miss Dalrimple, don't call me Mr. Brookes."