And besides, even if I cared for you, there are reasons, you know--reasons for any girl to marry the man I am going to marry.

Does my cynicism shock you?
What am I to do ?" with a shrug.

"Such marriages are reasonable, and far likelier to be agreeable than when fancy is the sole motive--certainly far more agreeable than an ill-considered yielding to abstract emotion with nothing concrete in view.

...

So, you see, I could not marry you even if I--" her voice was inclined to tremble, but she controlled it.