How well she would carry it off! How she would never bore a man! And he suddenly imagined a day with her in the country....

Then he thought that his imagination was flying on far too fast.

He decided not to be a hopeless fool, but just to go ahead, and talk to her, and get to know her; not to think too much about her.

She needn't even know how he felt.

To idolise her from a distance would be quite delightful enough.