The only question is -- will the time ever come ? '' `` Why do n't you hurry him up ? '' asked Anne impatiently . Theodora went back to her stitches with another laugh . `` If Ludovic could be hurried up , I 'm not the one to do it . I 'm too shy . It sounds ridiculous to hear a woman of my age and inches say that , but it is true . Of course , I know it 's the only way any Speed ever did make out to get married . For instance , there 's a cousin of mine married to Ludovic 's brother . I do n't say she proposed to him out and out , but , mind you , Anne , it was n't far from it . I could n't do anything like that . I DID try once . When I realized that I was getting sere and mellow , and all the girls of my generation were going off on either hand , I tried to give Ludovic a hint . But it stuck in my throat . And now I do n't mind . If I do n't change Dix to Speed until I take the initiative , it will be Dix to the end of life . Ludovic does n't realize that we are growing old , you know . He thinks we are giddy young folks yet , with plenty of time before us . That 's the Speed failing . They never find out they 're alive until they 're dead . ''
`` You 're fond XXXXX Ludovic , are n't you ? ''
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