Shall you be free to leave your present occupation then ?' 'I can at any time.

But I am glad to have a date fixed.

I'm going to be married then.' It was said with a curious diffidence which brought a smile to the hearer's face.

Egremont was surprised at the intelligence, glad at the same time.
'That is good news,' he said.

'Of course I had thought of you living with your mother.