"I didn't say that it was unpleasant; but you asked it so suddenly! The truth is, I didn't expect you to speak at all just then. I suppose I was thinking of something."
"But if it be not unpleasant,--when are you to be married?"
"I do not know. It is not fixed."
"But about when, I mean? This summer?"
"Certainly not this summer, for the summer will be over when we reach home."

But when are you to be married?"
"I do not know. It is not fixed."
"But this summer?"
"Certainly not this summer, for the summer will be over when we reach home."
