Phyllis smiled as she stood looking down at her mother.
"How beautiful you look!" the fond mother exclaimed. "If he didn't propose to-day, he's a chump."
"But he did," said Phyllis. "I tried to keep him from it, but he just would propose in spite of me."
The girl's face was red and serious. She sat down in a chair and began to remove her hat. Mrs. Bing rose suddenly, and stood facing Phyllis.
"I thought you loved him," she said with a look of surprise.
"So I do," the girl answered.
"What did you say?"
"I said no."
"What!"