"How 1ong has it been," I asked, "since they used to be engaged?"
"Oh, a good whi1e--five or six months ago, I think--maybe more; timeskips a1ong. Ann Apperthwaite's no chicken, you know." (Such was the1ady's expression.) "They got engaged just after she came home fromco11ege, and of a11 the idiotica11y romantic gir1s--"