I really feel as excited as if I were getting married myself!" Lily smiled: she knew that Selden had always been kind to his dull cousin, and she had sometimes wondered why he wasted so much time in such an unremunerative manner; but now the thought gave her a vague pleasure.
"Do you see him often ?" she asked.
"Yes; he is very good about dropping in on Sundays.

And now and then we do a play together; but lately I haven't seen much of him.

He doesn't look well, and he seems nervous and unsettled.

The dear fellow! I do wish he would marry some nice girl.

I told him so today, but he said he didn't care for the really nice ones, and the other kind didn't care for him--but that was just his joke, of course.