Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. - Jane Austen

Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.

In Paragon we met Mrs. Foley and Mrs. Dowdeswell with her yellow shawl airing out, and at the bottom of Kingsdown Hill we met a gentleman in a buggy, who, on minute examination, turned out to be Dr. Hall — and Dr. Hall in such very deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.

The most incomprehensible thing in the world to a man, is a woman who rejects his offer of marriage!