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“You should marry, Professor.” She added, “Someone suitable, of course.”
Оглавление“How unpleasant that sounds! You consider that I have reached an age when a suitable marriage is all that is left for me?”
“Heavens, no. I’m not sure exactly how old you are, but William said thirty-five—that’s not in the least old—just right, in fact.”
“But I do not wish to make a suitable marriage, Miss Partridge—a tepid love and a well-ordered life with ups and downs. I would wish for fun, a few healthy quarrels and a love to toss me to the skies.”
He turned to look at her, smiling, so she knew that his words weren’t meant to be taken seriously.
“Would you consider yourself to be a suitable wife for me, little Partridge?”
