"What has she done to the man?" Alice asked.
"Coaxed him; simply that. She has made herself so much his master that he doesn't know how to say no to her. Sometimes I have thought that he might possibly run away, but I have abandoned that fear now. She has little confidences with him from day to day, which are so alluring to him that he cannot tear himself off. In the middle of one of them he will find himself engaged."
"But, the unfortunate girl! Won't it be a wretched marriage for her?"

"What has she done to the man?" Alice asked.
"Coaxed him; simply that. He doesn't know how to say no to her. Sometimes I have thought that he might run away, but I don't think so now. She has little chats with him from day to day, which are so alluring to him that he cannot tear himself off. In the middle of one of them he will find himself engaged."
"But the unfortunate girl! Won't it be a wretched marriage for her?"
