expect after marriage but continual insult?"

MR. RICHARDS, in amazement: "HOW did I mortify you? I thought that
I treated you with all the tenderness and affection that a decent
regard for the feelings of others would allow. I was ashamed to find
I couldn't keep away from you."

MISS GALBRAITH: "Oh, you were ATTENTIVE enough, Allen; nobody denies
that. Attentive enough in non-essentials. Oh, yes!"

MR. RICHARDS: "Well, what vital matters did I fail in? I'm sure I
can't remember."

MISS GALBRAITH: "I dare say! I dare say they won't appear vital to
you, Allen. Nothing does. And if I had told you, I should have been
met with ridicule, I suppose. But I knew BETTER than to tell; I
respected myself too MUCH."

MR. RICHARDS: "But now you mustn't respect yourself QUITE so much,
dearest. And I promise you I won't laugh at the most serious thing.
I'm in no humor for it. If it were a matter of life and death, even,
I can assure you that it wouldn't bring a smile to my countenance.
No, indeed! If you expect me to laugh, now, you must say something
particularly funny."

MISS GALBRAITH: "I was not going to say anything funny, as you call
it, and I will say nothing at all, if you talk in that way."

MR. RICHARDS: "Well, I won't, then. But do you know what I suspect,
Lucy? I wouldn't mention it to everybody, but I will to you--in