Then, at last looking up, "Three weeks ago--a fortnight before you came.

But let us walk along," he said, "and I will tell you all about it." "I proposed to her three weeks ago," said Gordon, as they walked along.
"My heart was very much set upon it.

I was very hard hit--I was deeply smitten.

She had been very kind to me--she had been charming--I thought she liked me.

Then I thought her mother was pleased, and would have liked it.