Do you know what it is to be in love ?' Miss Nunn's strong features were moved as if by a suppressed laugh; the colour of her cheeks grew very slightly warm.
'I am a normal human being,' she answered, with an impatient gesture.
'I understand perfectly well what the phrase signifies.' 'That is no answer, my dear.

Have you ever been in love with any man ?' 'Yes.

When I was fifteen.' 'And not since,' rejoined the other, shaking her head and smiling.

'No, not since ?' 'Thank Heaven, no!' 'Then you are not very well able to judge this case.

I, on the other hand, can judge it with the very largest understanding.