I do not mean it unkindly--only Marion is so tailor-made and cigaretteful--" Mrs.Ferrall looked up at her.
"Did he propose to you ?" "Yes--I think so." "Then it's the first time for him.

He finds women only too willing to play with him as a rule, and he doesn't have to be definite.

I wonder what he meant by being so definite with you ?" "I suppose he meant marriage," said Sylvia serenely; yet there was the slightest ring in her voice; and it amused Mrs.Ferrall to try her a little further.
"Oh, you think he really intended to commit himself ?" "Why not ?" retorted Sylvia, turning red.

"Do you think he found me over-willing, as you say he finds others ?" "You were probably a new sensation for him," inferred Mrs.Ferrall musingly.

"You mustn't take him seriously, child--a man with his record.