How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"What would happen if I wrote to you from the U. of I.?"
"I'd faint and fall over from surprise," I said, though somehow his arm had found its way around my shoulder. "There are lots of girls at the U. of I. It's a coeducational institution." (7.86-87)
So it's not just a high school flirtation after all! Royce McNabb asks Mary Alice if he can write to her when he's in college, and she's absolutely floored. Of course, she says yes because she likes him, too. Still, did you see their end-of-book wedding coming?