You MAY fall in love with him afterward." "Yes," assented Margaret, kissing Lucia on an impulse of gratitude.
"Yes, I may.

I probably shall.

Surely, I'm not to go through life never doing anything I ought to do." "He's really handsome, in that bold, common way.

And you can teach him." Margaret laughed with genuine mirth.

"How surprised he'd be," she exclaimed, "if he could know what's going on in my head!" "He'll be on his knees to you," pursued Lucia, wonderfully cheered up by her confidence in the miracles Margaret's teaching would work.