"Suppose that I saved you the humiliation—and it must be humiliation even to such a practical joker as you," Henriette replied, smiling now. "Suppose that I let it stand that he has proposed to me and I have accepted?"
"Henriette!" Helen put accusation into the word.
"Well!"
"That will mean that you have agreed to be his wife—to go to America with him! Would you do that?"
"Perhaps he will come to Europe to live."
"That was not his expectation."
"So you have arranged the details for me, too?"
"No, I have told you all. What I mean is that he is not like the other men. He is down-right and not used to such affairs. I—I mean, his heartbreak might last."
"By which you imply that I am a flirt. Is that it?"
"No, not that you mean to be. But one so charming as you and so used to attention finds it very easy to win men."