She hadn't spoken to him since the night at the Ritz.
"Yes, I am fond of him," she said.

"That's the word.

As fond as I might be of a very nice, sound boy whom I'd known all my life." "Is that all ?" Joan made a series of smoke rings and watched them curl into the air.
"Yes, that's all," she said.
Alice became even more interested and curious and puzzled.

She held very serious views about marriage.

"And are you happy with him ?" "I don't know that I can be said to be happy with him," said Joan.