But they only love for ever and are mated when they meet a noble nature." Sir Austin looked at her wistfully.
"And did you encounter the knight of your dream ?" "Not then." She lowered her eyelids.

It was prettily done.
"And how did you bear the disappointment ?" "My dream was in the nursery.

The day my frock was lengthened to a gown I stood at the altar.

I am not the only girl that has been made a woman in a day, and given to an ogre instead of a true knight." "Good God!" exclaimed Sir Austin, "women have much to bear." Here the couple changed characters.

The lady became gay as the baronet grew earnest.
"You know it is our lot," she said.