“Why do you ask?”
“I thought I’d like to know, that’s all. People say you are——”
“I haven’t said so.”
“Then,” eagerly, “you aren’t?”
“I don’t see what right you’ve got to ask.”
“I haven’t—only I thought I’d like to be the first to congratulate him.”
“Oh, is that all?”
“And I thought I’d like to tell you again that I love you better than anybody could—and that I always will, even if you marry him. He’s a very nice fellow but—but I’ll be very unhappy——”
“Will you? I don’t believe it.”