Yesterday (He)
He says
Never! Oh, I beg your pardon. No — no, I never married. Hadn’t the time, matter of fact. I dare say she is the mother of a large family now. Oh, dear me, how times do change. As I was saying, I was very much in love with her, at the time–at the time, you understand. But the family–her family, you understand, rather objected to me, so I–I broke off the whole affair, joined the Indian service – -and I’ve been quite content, quite. See her? See her? Oh, dear, no. It might be–er–rather, rather embarrassing for both of us. You see, we were practically engaged at the time. That is, I hadn’t come right down to asking, but you know how some things are understood, so to speak.