"Not in so many words, but he implied that there was an understanding between you."
"Understanding! I hate that word,—used that way! There's a misunderstanding between us, if there's anything!"
"But you're going to be engaged to him, aren't you, Patty?"
"No, I don't think so. Not after last night. Why, he was horrid,
Mona, after I came home. He scolded me, and I wouldn't stay to listen.
I ran upstairs."
"Oh, Patty, I wish you'd make up with him, and be friends again, and be engaged to him, and announce it at my wedding."
"Did he say all that to you last night? Did he make those delightful plans, and talk them over with you and Roger?"
"Don't look so furious. It just came about, you see. We were sitting there, waiting for you to come home, and Phil was saying how he adores you, and how he wanted your promise, but he had to wait a certain time before you would say positively. And, of course, we were talking about my wedding, and I said it would be nice to announce your engagement then, it's always so picturesque to announce one wedding at another——"
"I'm sorry I can't oblige you, Mona, but if you want an engagement announced at your wedding I'm afraid you'll have to get some other girl. You can keep the same man, if you like!"
"Oh, Patty, don't be cross with me! It wasn't my fault!"
"That's so, Mona,—I'm a pig! Forgive me, dear. Now, to make up, I'll tell you just how it is. I have told Philip that I'd give him my answer in about two weeks. And that will be your wedding day. But my answer is to be yes, only if he succeeds in teaching me to love him by that time. And I don't mind telling you, that the way he talked to me last night doesn't exactly further his cause!"