Do you think now that we know one single girl who in her heart believes it is better never to love and never to marry ?' 'Perhaps not,' admitted Rhoda, more cheerful now that she had gained her point.

'But we know several who will not dream of marrying unless reason urges them as strongly as inclination.' Miss Barfoot laughed.
'Pray, who ever distinguished in such a case between reason and inclination ?' 'You are most unusually sceptical to-day,' said Rhoda, with an impatient laugh.
'No, my dear.

We happen to be going to the root of things, that's all.
Perhaps it's as well to do so now and then.

Oh, I admire you immensely, Rhoda.

You are the ideal adversary of those care-nothing and believe-nothing women who keep the world back.