"Why should you? Besides, he belongs to them."
"Belongs? Nonsense! Do you suppose he thinks of marrying that child?"
She took off her felt hat, and shook the wet from it.
"Why not?"
"Absurd! An insignificant little creature, with no attraction except a
dimple, which she doesn't know how to show off. You have only to lift
your little finger, Anne, and he would be at your feet."
Anne showed no surprise, and made no disclaimer.
"And it would be better than that last foolish affair from which you
were only just saved."