"'Some folks want power and riches, and really will not be denied, And when they've accomplished their object, they are very far from satisfied; A fig for your wealth and your power, for riches I care not a jot; Contented am I--yes! and happy--I'm quite satisfied with my lot.'" "Inappropriate," said Rosalind under her breath, "isn't it?" The vocalist looked up again, for now she knew the words;-- "'I'm not tired of England, I've no wish to roam, There's a little six-roomed house that's my home, sweet home; My house is my castle--who is my pride and joy? Why! his Royal Highness the King of the Castle, my little baby boy.'" When she had shrilled the chorus times without number she withdrew, and Conrad said, "Can't we go and sit further back where we can talk? Look at all those chairs over there." "If you like. What do you think of her?" "She can't sing." "Oh, that's a detail. But she doesn't _work_ the song." "How do you mean?" "Didn't you feel what she ought to do? Well, of course you wouldn't! 'His Royal Highness the King' line ought to bring the house down. Wouldn't _I_ make it 'go!'" "Show me," he begged. "There's nobody looking." So in the corner that they had found, she hummed the bars, and showed him. "Oh, aren't you clever!" he exclaimed. "What a pretty voice you have! Perhaps you're--er--fond of babies?" "If you mean 'have I got any children?' no, I haven't. That was an actress, not a mother. I've no ring on--did you think I was married?" "Well, you looked so very devoted, I wondered for a moment." "Are _you_?" "Suddenly," said Conrad, gazing at her. "'Suddenly'--what?" "Devoted." "I meant 'married,'" she explained. "I?" he said. "Good heavens!" "Don't be so astonished!--such a thing has happened to men." "Yes, but I'm not a marrying man." "I think most men say they aren't marrying men till they say, 'Will you marry me?' It's a pity they change their mind so often." "I have pitied them myself." "Them?" she said. "The girls, you mean! A man begins to be in love much sooner than a woman, but he finishes much sooner too." "Well, that's why marriage was invented," said Conrad. "The man brings the fervour, and the woman brings the faithfulness. You can't combine better qualities."