I hope you love him very much, and I hope he loves you.

I'm sorry I said that.

I thought you wouldn't mind.' 'I don't mind at all, old dear.

If you _must_ know--I like him pretty well.' 'But it ought to be _more_ than that--it ought, Totty--much more than that, dear--' She was trembling.

Totty looked at her in surprise, coldly.
'Don't go on like that,' she said.