It would mean relinquishing the wedding-dress and the carriages and all the rest of the show that delights women.

You are afraid of Mrs.Grundy crying shame when it is known that you have travelled across Europe with me.

You feel it will be difficult to resume your friendships afterwards.

I grant all these things, but I didn't think they would have meant so much to Cecily." "You know well that none of these reasons have any weight with me.

It is only in joking that you can speak of them.