"What had I in mind?"
"What was the logic—the view of your situation—that dictated so remarkable an act?"
"I didn＇t wish to marry him—if that＇s logic."
"No, that＇s not logic—and I knew that before. It＇s really nothing, you know. What was it you said to yourself? You certainly said more than that."
Isabel reflected a moment, then answered with a question of her own. "Why do you call it a remarkable act? That＇s what your mother thinks too."