"He was so grand and so strong, and he never made any allusions to the wreck; and it was--the--the--_very first_ time that any body ever--proposed; and so, you know, I didn't know how to take it, and I didn't want to hurt his feelings, and I couldn't deny that he had saved my life; and I don't know when I _ever_ was so confused.

It's awful, Kitty darling.
"And then, you know, darling," continued Minnie, "he went away, and used to write regularly every month.

He came to see me once, and I was frightened to death almost.

He is going to marry me next year.

He used an awful expression, dearest.