"Better be generally in love with all than specially with one, I should think, in that quarter."
"But he is specially in love with one besides, for when I and Donne urged him to make a choice amongst the fair bevy, he named--which do you think?"
With a queer, quiet smile Mr. Moore replied, "Dora, of course, or Harriet."
"Ha! ha! you've an excellent guess. But what made you hit on those two?"
"Because they are the tallest, the handsomest, and Dora, at least, is the stoutest; and as your friend Mr. Sweeting is but a little slight figure, I concluded that, according to a frequent rule in such cases, he preferred his contrast."
"You are right; Dora it is. But he has no chance, has he, Moore?"

"Better be in love with all than specially with one, I should think, in that family."
"But he is specially in love with one - which one do you think?"
With a quiet smile Mr. Moore replied, "Dora, of course."
"You are right; Dora it is. But he has no chance, has he, Moore?"
