"And what are they?"
"That he would not take me for his wife, and that I would not take him for my husband."
"Why not? What do you dislike in him?"
"I don't dislike him at all. I like him very much indeed. But one can't marry all the people one likes."
"But what reason is there why you shouldn't marry him?"
"This chiefly," said Alice, after a pause; "that I have just separated myself from a man whom I certainly did love truly, and that I cannot transfer my affections quite so quickly as that."

"And what are they?"
"That he would not take me for his wife, and that I would not take him for my husband."
"Do you dislike him?"
"Not at all. I like him very much. But one can't marry all the people one likes."
"But why shouldn't you marry him?"
"Because," said Alice, after a pause, "I have just separated myself from a man whom I certainly did love truly, and I cannot transfer my affections quite so quickly as that."
