"But he never has."
"We have been like brothers together,--one brother being very much older than the other, indeed; or like father and son. I think he should place his hopes elsewhere."
"What am I to say? If he have such hope he has not told me. I think it almost cruel that a girl should be asked in that way."

"We have been like brothers together; or indeed like father and son. I think he should place his hopes elsewhere."
"What am I to say? He has not told me. I think it almost cruel that a girl should be asked in that way."
