"It is not even middle-aged.

Now tell me--how do you spend your time generally?
Do you really mean that you go and play cards at your club most evenings ?" "I have a good many friends, and I dine out quite a great deal." "You have no sisters ?" "I have no relatives at all in London," he explained.
"It is to be a real cross-examination," she warned him.
"I am quite content," he answered.

"Go ahead, but remember, though, that I am a very dull person." "You look so young for your years," she declared.

"I wonder, have you ever been in love ?" He laughed heartily.
"About a dozen times, I suppose.

Why?
Do I seem to you like a misanthrope ?" "I don't know," she admitted, hesitatingly.