You might suppose that you had won her heart; she might believe that she gave it to you, and both be deceived.
If fairies nowadays condescended to exchange their offspring with those of mortals, and if the popular tradition did not represent a fairy changeling as an ugly peevish creature, with none of the grace of its parents, I should be half inclined to suspect that Lilian was one of the elfin people.

She never seems at home on earth; and I do not think she will ever be contented with a prosaic earthly lot.

Now I have told you why I do not think she will suit you.

I must leave it to yourself to conjecture how far you would suit her.

I say this in due season, while you may set a guard upon your impulse; while you may yet watch, and weigh, and meditate; and from this moment on that subject I say no more.
I lend advice, but I never throw it away." She came here to a dead pause, and began putting on her bonnet and scarf, which lay on the table beside her.