I asked if she thought it wasn't true.

"How do I know if it's true? And what do I care whether it is or isn't?

Young men will be young men, I suppose."

She went on with her ironing as she added:

"Did you expect you were marrying a virgin? If every woman asked for

that there would be a nice lot of old maids in the world, wouldn't

there?"

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