"Would you like me for a brother-in-law, Mary Jane? " She wouldn't like him for a brother-in-law -- she would like him for a husband! But why should she suddenly discover this now of all times, sitting opposite him, being cross-examined as though she were in a witness-box . . . and fighting an urge to fling her arms around his neck and tell him that she loved him? "Yes, oh yes, that would be delightful. "