And I think they are both delightful.

Especially the girl; but then she starts with the tremendous advantage of being--of being a girl.

I believe you are in love with her, Mike, just as I am.

It's that which makes you so grumpy.
But then you never do fall in love.

It's a pity; you miss a lot of jolly trouble." Michael felt a sudden overwhelming desire to make Francis stop this maddening twaddle; also the events of the morning were beginning to take on an air of reality, and as this grew he felt the need of sympathy of some kind.