"The difference?" repeated Leonhard reflecting.
Spener also seemed to reflect on his question, and was so absorbed in his thinking that he seemed to be startled when Leonhard, from his studies of the square house with the wide halls and the large rooms with high ceilings, turned to him and said, "The difference, sir, is between two women."
"No difference at all, do you mean? Do you mean they are alike? They are not alike."
"Not so alike that I have seen anything like either of them."
"Ah! neither have I. For that reason I shall marry one of them, while the other I would not marry—no, not if she were the only woman on the continent."
"You are a fortunate man," said Leonhard.
"I intend to prove that. Nothing more is necessary than the girl's consent—is there?—if you have made up your mind that you must have her."
"I should think you might say that, sir."
"But you don't hazard an opinion as to which, sir."
"Not I."