"I told you I wanted to talk with you," said he.

"Do you know why I was standing before that statue ?" "I do not," Margaret answered coldly.
"I was trying to get the courage to ask you to be my wife." She gave a queer laugh.

"Well, you seem to have got what you sought," said she.

He had, as usual, taken her wholly unawares.
"Not so fast," replied Craig.

"I haven't asked you yet." Margaret did not know whether she most wished to laugh or to burst out in anger.