Barry Pain

“ It is a shame that people don't ask the really nice people."
"Perhaps they do ask us, and we don't go."
"I don't quite see what you mean, dear."
"Only, Herbert and I made up our minds, when we married, that we would live the higher life, and we do not care for some forms of amusement."
"Of course, dear, you're very clever, but do you think you ought to despise everybody like this?"
"I don't—I only state the facts. And surely it is you who are so ready to despise people, on the strengh of the invitation from the duchess, which you've got out of her at last." ”

“ Please!"
"Don't be afraid of me, dear!" (Kisses her again.) Heaven never dreamed anything more beautiful than you."
"Ah, I wonder! (Sighs.) What does this all mean?"
"That I love you—that you must be my wife."
"Must?"
"Ah, you will not say No! You know how I adore you, Agnes."
"You are so—so persistent. If you love me like this, I—take me then, Harry. (Aside) 'Lady Haniford'—but, of course, it's not the title that I care about."
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929. ”