“Aren’t you ever going to be good to Fred, Mary? He is one of the very best boys in the world.”
“I know it, and it doesn’t seem fair to him that he should be wasting his time and thoughts on me.”
Dolly looked at her friend keenly. “You and Fred have some new understanding. Aren’t you going to tell me what it is?”
Mary looked troubled. “It is not an understanding at all, and I cannot have you think that, or Fred either. I have promised to write to him, and he says he will not take my final answer for a couple of years. It does not seem fair to him–”
Dolly interrupted her with a kiss. “Don’t worry your tender conscience. Just leave it all to time, and to Fred. If he is contented, you can afford to be.”
And to herself Dolly added: “Fred has the wisdom of the serpent; Mary cares more for him than she realizes, and he will win her in the end.”
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