I discovered that they were still indefinite.

In his exalted moments he talked of marriage.
"But what has become of her husband ?" I inquired, drawing a bow at a venture.
"I suppose he's dead," said Dale.
"But suppose he isn't ?" He informed me in his young magnificence that Lola and himself would be above foolish moral conventions.
"Indeed ?" said I.
"Don't pretend to be a Puritan," said he.
"I don't pretend to like the idea, anyhow," I remarked.
He shrugged his shoulders.

It was not the time for a lecture on morality.
"How do you know that the lady returns your passion ?" I asked, watching him narrowly.
He grew red.

"Is that a fair question ?" "Yes," said I."You invited me to call on her and judge the affair for myself.

I'm doing it.