“No, of course I wouldn’t, but—”
“Or to marry Hugh!”
“No, but—”
“But, Freddy, you cannot expect me to accept Dolph’s offer!”
“No, but—”
“And Claud has not offered at all, besides being an odious person!”
“No, is he?” said Freddy, interested. “Haven’t seen him, myself, since he first joined, but I daresay you’re right. To tell you the truth, I never liked any of the Rattrays above half. Now, take George, for instance! Know what he—”
“Well, I can’t take George, because he is married already,” said Kitty, ruthlessly cutting short this discursion. “Besides being quite as odious as Claud! Freddy, you know I would not hold you to it!”
“Yes, that’s all very well, but—”
“If this one opportunity—the only one I can ever be offered:—is denied me,” declared Kitty dramatically, “all hope is at an end!”