“Against his will, do you mean?�
“Against his will at first, yes. Against his better judgment. But she will labor to overcome all that. She will succeed, too, if she has sufficient opportunity. I know men of his type. They are impressionable, especially in the presence of a lovely woman, and she can be that, you know.�
“Yes, I know.�
“I think I partly understand a woman of her type, also, although I have never encountered another one like her.�
“Nor anybody else, I imagine.�
“She will probably begin by playing the pathetic, the wronged woman, the one who suffers and is misunderstood. She will tell him the story of her life. She will have spells of heartbreaking sorrow and weeping. She will make him try to comfort her, and she will decline to let him do so when he first offers. Perhaps—I shouldn’t be surprised—if she found herself hooked by her own bait.â€�
“What do you mean by that?�
“Lynne is a lovable chap—a fascinating fellow in many ways.â€�
“Oh, you mean that, in trying to make him in love with her, she will actually fall in love with him?�
“Such a thing is quite possible, Patsy.�