Matters have not got so far as that at all;--nor would
they ever, out of his own head. If we were married and taken away to
the train he would only ask what place he should take the tickets for
when he got to the station."
"Couldn't you manage to live at Maule Abbey?"
"Perhaps we might; only there is no furniture, and, as I am told,
only half a roof."
"It does seem to be absurd that you two should not make up your mind,
just as other people do," said Lady Chiltern. "Of course he is not a
rich man, but you have known that all along."
"It is not a question of wealth or poverty, but of an utterly
lack-a-daisical indifference to everything in the world."
"He is not indifferent to you."
"That is the marvellous part of it," said Miss Palliser. This was
said on the evening of the famous day at Broughton Spinnies, and
late on that night Lord Chiltern predicted to his wife that another
episode was about to occur in the life of their friend.
"What do you think Spooner has just asked me?"
"Permission to fight the Duke, or Mr.
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