But she went in for this mission fad early; she didn't intend to marry, she said; so she would like to have some work to do in life.

Girls suffer like that, nowadays.

In her case, the malady took the form of nursing." "As a rule," I ventured to interpose, "when a pretty girl says she doesn't intend to marry, her remark is premature.

It only means--" "Oh, yes, I know.

Every girl says it; 'tis a stock property in the popular masque of Maiden Modesty.