But it was essential that she should know what Marie intended to do. Marie was anything but communicative, and certainly was not in any way submissive. "My dear," she said one day, asking the question in French, without any preface or apology, "are you going to be married to Mr. Fisker?"

But she needed to know what Marie intended to do.
"My dear," she said one day, "are you going to be married to Mr. Fisker?"
