“A cautious person is not necessarily more popular than a scatterbrain.”
Guido laughed.
“Curious,” he said, “that the cautious person should feel obliged to
defend the scatterbrain.”
Then he passed directly to telling me in a very matter-of-fact way that
he was about to ask for Ada’s hand. Had he dragged me to the café just
to listen to this confession, or had he got bored by hearing me talk so
long, and now felt that he must have his turn?
I feel almost sure that I succeeded in showing equal surprise and
pleasure. But I very soon contrived to get my own back.