_I_ find it very pleasant and exhilarating!"
"I don't think you ought to talk like that," I demurred.
"I can't help it: I never was engaged before, and it goes to my
tongue."
"I never was, either. But it doesn't go to _mine_," I reminded him,
with dignity.
"Sophy, you are the only woman in the world who can reproach a man
with her nose and get away with it," he said irrelevantly. "You have
the most eloquent little nose, Sophy!"
I looked at him reprovingly.
"I adore being engaged to you, Sophy," said he, unabashed. "Being
engaged to you has a naive freshness that enchants me. It's
romantic, it has the sharp tang of uncertainty, the zest of high
adventure. Think how exciting it's going to be to wake o' mornings
thinking: 'Here is a whole magic day to be engaged to Sophy in!' By
the way, would you mind addressing me as 'Nicholas'? It is customary
under the circumstances, I believe."
"I do not like the name of Nicholas."
"I feared so, seeing the extreme care with which you avoid it. That
is why I suggest that you should immediately begin to use it.
Practice makes perfect. Observe with what ease I manage to say
'Sophy' already," he said airily.
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