“I think it has already happened. He is head over heels right now, and she is not breaking her heart over Lem, either. I give them two weeks to develop a first-rate rash.”
“But Miriam believes in duty,” said Eveley hopefully. “Maybe that will save them. She would never elope with him, and I do not think he would even ask her, he is so sort of respectable and set.”
But Nolan was pessimistic. “Folks talk about duty until they fall in love, and then they forget it and everything else. And Lem has acted abominably. I thought she did not know it.”
“So did I. But—”
“Well, no use to worry. We’ll stick around with them and sort of boss the job. I am glad you invited them to the Cote to-morrow night.”
“And for supper, too. When Lem finds she is coming here for a supper party and he is left out, he may begin to think.”
“The trouble with Lem is, he can’t help himself. He loves Miriam all right, but women go to his head. He may get jealous and promise everything on heaven and earth, but he can’t keep his word.”
“Then he shouldn’t have married.”
“She should never have married him. When women understand that a man who can not look at a woman before marriage without making love to her—can’t do it afterward—they will save themselves a lot of trouble.”
“Well,” said Eveley hopefully. “No one can say you hurt yourself making love.”