butterfly of fashion, you oughtn't to disdain people who happen to
have one or two ideas in their heads."

"Well, the only ideas they have are about pictures."

"Pictures are good ideas."

"Yes, good enough, of course. But there's no fun in them."

"That's the whole trouble with the Hepworths. They haven't any fun
in them. Neither of them has a sense of humour. But that's good,
too; for if one had and the other hadn't, they'd be miserable for
life. But as it is they don't know what they miss."

"No, they don't. Patty, don't ever marry a man without a sense of
humour."

"Trust your Aunt Patty for that. But I don't propose to marry
anybody."

"Of course not; he'd propose to you."

"Funny Mona! Don't let your sense of humour run away with you. Well,
this facetious 'he' that you conjured up in your imagination may
propose all he likes; I sha'n't accept him,--at least not for many
years. I mean to have a lot of fun before I get engaged. Can you
imagine me settled down in a little apartment like Christine's,
devoting myself to domestic duties?"

"No; but I can fancy you married to a millionaire with two or three