I would have married one if I could.

Is it not funny nobody ever asked me to marry him, Mrs.Doctor, dear?
I am no beauty, but I am as good-looking as most of the married women you see.

But I never had a beau.

What do you suppose is the reason ?" "It may be predestination," suggested Anne, with unearthly solemnity.
Susan nodded.
"That is what I have often thought, Mrs.Doctor, dear, and a great comfort it is.

I do not mind nobody wanting me if the Almighty decreed it so for His own wise purposes.