He was in love for many years with a woman who married--some one else.

I have always felt sorry for him ever since I was a little girl." "Do you know who that woman was ?" "I have never heard her name," she answered.
I found courage to lift my eyes and look at her.
"May I ask when you are going to be married ?" Her eyes fell.

The question did not seem to please her.
"I do not know," she said.

"We have not spoken of that yet.

Everything is very vague." "Colonel Ray is coming down here, of course ?" I remarked.
"Not to my knowledge," she declared.