Heigho! Which shall it be?
Patty Van Reypen,--or stay an old maid all my life." "Oh, I dare say there are others.

You may possibly have another chance at matrimony." "Nan," and Patty turned suddenly grave, "I don't like that--a chance at matrimony.

I mean, if one gets engaged, it ought to be to a man she loves so much that she doesn't think of it as a 'chance.' It ought to be the one and only." "Why, that's just what I'm trying to say, dear.

Now, is Phil the one and only ?" "No, ma'am.

Not by no manner of means, he isn't.