"Oh, what is it you are going to say to me ?" she asked, yet not disengaging her hand.
"I said it all in the court-room," he rejoined; "and you heard." "You want me to marry you--Charley ?" she asked frankly.
"If you think there is no just impediment," he answered, with a smile.
She drew her hand away, and for a moment there was a struggle in her mind--or heart.

He knew of what she was thinking, and he did not consider it of serious consequence.

Romance was a trivial thing, and women were prone to become absorbed in trivialities.

When the woman had no brains, she might break her life upon a trifle.

But Kathleen had an even mind, a serene temperament.