[My Lady Nicotine by J. M. Barrie]@TWC D-Link bookMy Lady Nicotine CHAPTER VIII 10/39
But is this wise? Nothing puzzles me so much as the way some men seem to know, by intuition, as it were, which is the woman for whom they have a passion. They take a girl from among their acquaintance, and never seem to understand that they may be taking the wrong one.
However, with certain reservations, I do not think I go too far in saying that I know who she is.
There is one other, indeed, that I have sometimes thought--but it fortunately happens that they are related, so that in any case I cannot go far wrong.
After I have seen them again, or at least before I propose, I shall decide definitely on this point. "We have now advanced as far as Query IV.
Now, what is to be done? Let us consider this calmly.
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