"Are you still sure it is Gene?"
"Yes, I'm sure."
"Then I think you should choose your own time. I am in no hurry. But any time,—it's for you, and Gene, to decide."
"Then you haven't set your heart on my teaching?"
"I set my heart on giving you the best chance possible. And I have done it. For the rest, it depends on you. You may work, or you may stay at home a while. I only want you to be happy, Fairy."
"But doesn't it seem foolish to go clear through college, and spend the money, and then—marry without using the education?"
"I do not think so. They've been fine years, and you are finer because of them. There's just as much opportunity to use your fineness in a home of your own as in a public school. That's the way I look at it."
"You don't think I'm too young?"
"You're pretty young," he said slowly. "I can hardly say, Fairy. You've always been capable and self-possessed. When you and Gene get so crazy about each other you can't bear to be apart any longer, it's all right here."
She put her arm around his neck and rubbed her fingers over his cheek lovingly.