I may as well confess now that it was only my serene confidence in your sense of humor which permitted me to marry you at all.

I should never have dared to offer Aunt Caroline as an 'in-law' to anyone who couldn't see a joke." "You are very fond of her all the same," said Desire shrewdly.

"And though she expects very little from anyone, she evidently adores you.
She can't be all funny.

There must be an Aunt Caroline, deep down, that is not funny at all.

I think I'm rather afraid of her.