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 of Ludovic , are n't you ? '' asked Anne , detecting a note of real bitterness among Theodora 's paradoxes . `` Laws , yes , '' said Theodora candidly . She did not think it worth while to blush over so settled a fact . `` I think the world and all of Ludovic . And he certainly does need somebody to look after HIM . He 's neglected -- he looks frayed . You can see that for yourself . That old aunt of his looks after his house in some fashion , but she does n't look after him .
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