She was in every respect, save one, all that a man could desire in his wife, and even the exception would have stood to her credit with many men.

It was this: she was not an intellectual person, although certainly she possessed more than the ordinary share of intelligence and work-a-day common sense.

Now John was a decidedly intellectual man, and, what is more, he highly appreciated that rare quality in the other sex.

But, after all, when one is just engaged to a sweet and lovely woman, one does not think much about her intellect.

Those reflections come afterwards.
And so they sauntered hand in hand through the sunny days and were happy exceedingly.