"I did—I did. I do. I care awfully——"
"Well——"
"Oh, Gwenda, can they make me marry him?"
"You don't want to marry him?"
Ally shook her head, slowly, forlornly.
"I see. You're ashamed of him."
"I'm not ashamed. I told you I wasn't. It isn't that——"
"What is it?"
"I'm afraid."
"Afraid——"