"Don't they? Dear me! But I just wrote it because I thought anything better than a downright quarrel."
"I wouldn't have written it, if it had been ever so."
"It's no good scolding, Marie. I did it for the best. What do you think we'd best do now?" Marie looked at him, almost with scorn. Surely it was for him to propose and for her to yield. "I wonder whether you're sure you're right about that money which you say is settled."

"Don't they? Dear me! What do you think we'd best do now?"
Marie looked at him almost with scorn. Surely it was for him to propose and for her to yield.
"I wonder whether you're sure about that money which you say is settled," said Felix.
