"He's a vicar at least." "I shouldn't wonder if he turned out to be an archdeacon.

But has he-- It's rather an awkward question to ask; but you're not a child, Milly.
You know that you're a very attractive young woman, and you have what would seem to some people quite a good fortune, besides what you earn by your writing.

Has this man been trying to make love to you ?" Miss King laughed aloud.

The cheerful ring of her obviously spontaneous mirth shattered the theory which the judge was building up.
"No," she said; "he has not.

Quite the contrary.