"And now he has got to go home to his lodgings, and wait upon himself again. Poor fellow! I do pity you, George."
"No, you don't;--nor does Alice. I believe girls always think that a bachelor in London has the happiest of all lives. It's because they think so that they generally want to put an end to the man's condition."
"It's envy that makes us want to get married,--not love," said Kate.
"It's the devil in some shape, as often as not," said he. "With a man, marriage always seems to him to be an evil at the instant."
"Not always," said Alice.

"And now he has got to go home to his lodgings, and wait upon himself again. Poor fellow! I pity you, George."
"No, you don't; nor does Alice. I believe girls always think that a bachelor in London has the happiest of lives. That's why they generally want to put an end to the man's condition."
"So it's envy that makes us want to get married," said Kate.
"It's the devil in some shape, as often as not," said he. "With a man, marriage always seems to him to be an evil."
"Not always," said Alice.
