Marmaduke summoned his courage.
“He told me I might ask you to marry me,” he said.
“Do you want to?”
“Of course I do,” he declared.
“Then why not do it?”
But before he could answer, she clapped her hands on his shoulders, and shook him, and laughed out loud.
“Oh, you dear silly old thing! What a way to propose to a girl!”
“I’ve never done such a thing before,” said Doggie, as soon as he was released.
She resumed her attitude on the hearthrug.
“I’m in no great hurry to be married. Are you?”