And when he does he will unchain Aphrodite herself--or I guess wrong." She turned to me smiling.

"That girl yonder has never loved." "Why do you think so ?" "I know it; but I can not tell you why I know it.

Women divine where men reason; and we are oftener right than you....

Are you truly in love with her ?" "I can not speak of such things to you," I muttered.
"Lord! Is it as serious as that already?
Is it arrived at the holy and sacred stage ?" "Lana! For heaven's sake----" "I am not jeering; I am realising the solemn fact that you have progressed a certain distance in love and are arrived at a definite and well-known milestone....

And I am merely wondering how far she has progressed--or if she has as yet journeyed any particular distance at all--or any more than set out upon the road.