Are you a man-hater, by the way ?" She shivered as if at a sudden draught.

"I'm not prepared to answer that question off-hand." she said.
"Very prudent of you!" he commented.

"Do you know I owe you an apology ?" "I shouldn't have said so." "No?
Well, let me confess.

I'm rather good at confessing.

I didn't believe you just now when you said you were twenty-five.