"That's nonsense at any rate. Why should you think I should be ashamed of my age?"
"I don't know why, only somehow, people are; and I didn't think you were so old. Five-and-twenty seems so old to me. It would be nothing if you were married; only, you see, you won't get married."
"Perhaps I may yet; some day."
"Of course you will. You'll have to give way. You'll find that they'll get the better of you. Your father will storm at you, and Lady Macleod will preach at you, and Lady Midlothian will jump upon you."

"That's nonsense. Why should I be ashamed of my age?"
"I don't know, only somehow, people are; and I didn't think you were so old. Five-and-twenty seems old to me. It would be nothing if you were married; only, you see, you won't get married."
"Perhaps I may some day."
"Of course you will. You'll have to give way. They'll get the better of you. Your father will storm at you, and Lady Macleod will preach at you, and Lady Midlothian will jump upon you."
