His Official Fiancée

This romance book starts with two women jesting about the status of an unmarried woman. One Miss Holt shares this opinion: «A girl without a sweetheart is like a ship at sea, without knowing what port she's to put in at.» To which her conversation partner, Miss Robinson, wryly points out: «Accounts for the way a lot of 'em seem to pick their sweethearts on the principle – 'Any port in a storm!'»