You can
tell her all the good things of mine which _you_ said.
GERVASE. But there must be more in marriage than that.
SUSAN. There are a million things in marriage, but companionship is at
the bottom of it all. . . . Do you know what companionship means?
GERVASE. How do you mean? Literally?
SUSAN. The derivation of it in the dictionary. It means the art of
having meals with a person. Cynics talk of the impossibility of
sitting opposite the same woman every day at breakfast. Impossible to
_them_, perhaps, poor shallow-hearted creatures, but not impossible to
two people who have found what love is.
GERVASE. It doesn't sound very romantic.
SUSAN (solemnly). It is the most romantic thing in the whole world. . . .
Some more cheese?
GERVASE (taking it). Thank you. . . . (Thoughtfully) Do you believe in
love at first sight, Master Susan?
SUSAN. Why not? If it's the woman you love at first sight, not only
the face.
GERVASE. I see. (After a pause) It's rather hard to tell, you know. I
suppose the proper thing to do is to ask her to have breakfast with
you, and see how you get on.
SUSAN. Well, you might do worse.
GERVASE (laughing). And propose to her after breakfast?
SUSAN. If you will.
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