Stephanie doesn't make what you call rows.

Neither does anybody in your immediate family.

I was merely questioning the wisdom of your public appearance--under the circumstances." "What circumstances ?" His sister looked at him calmly: "The circumstances of your understanding with Stephanie....

An understanding of years, which, in her mind at least, amounts to a tacit engagement." "I'm glad you said that," he began, after a moment's steady thinking.
"If that is the way that Stephanie and you still regard a college affair--" "A--what!" "A boy-and-girl preference which became an undergraduate romance--and has never amounted to anything more--" "Louis!" "What ?" "Don't you _care_ for her ?" "Certainly; as much as I ever did--as much, as she really and actually cares for me," he answered, defiantly.

"You know perfectly well what such affairs ever amount to--in the sentimental-ever-after line.