You understand that ?" She did not quite understand him; but she merely pressed his arm, so as to encourage him to go on.

She presumed that he intended to tell her something as to their future mode of life,--something which he supposed it might not be pleasant for her to hear, and she was determined to show him that she would receive it pleasantly.
"You know," said he, "how anxious I have been that our marriage should not be delayed.

To me, of course, it must be everything now to call you my own as soon as possible." In answer to which little declaration of love, she merely pressed his arm again, the subject being one on which she had not herself much to say.
"Of course I must be very anxious, but I find it not so easy as I expected." "You know what I said, Adolphus.

I said that I thought we had better wait.

I'm sure mamma thinks so.