"Love!--ah yes!" she responded, quickly--"But marriage is not
love!"

His brows contracted.

"You must not speak in that way, Innocent," he said, seriously--
"It is wrong--people would misunderstand you--"

Her eyes lightened, and she smiled.

"Yes!--I'm sure 'people' would!" she answered--"But 'people' don't
matter--to ME. It is truth that matters,--truth,--and love!"

He looked at her, perplexed.

"Why should you think marriage is not love?" he asked--"It is the
one thing all lovers wish for--to be married and to live together
always--"

"Oh, they wish for it, yes, poor things!" she said, with a little
uplifting of her brows--"And when their wishes are gratified, they
often wish they had not wished!" She laughed. "Robin, this talk of
ours is making me feel quite merry! I am amused!"

"I am not!" he replied, irritably--"You are much too young a girl
to think these things--"

She nodded, gravely.

"I know! And I ought to get married while young, before I learn