“Just when I’m beginning to enjoy life here,” said Bruce, “Nancy looks forward to leaving me.”
Nancy flushed, seeing the other two at the table figuratively cock their ears.
“Oh, you’ll soon be able to get along without any nursing,” Nancy assured him.
“I can never get along again in this life without you,” he told her, regardless of their audience.
“Say, what’s all this?” burst forth Mabel. “A public proposal in broad open daylight?”
“Don’t be silly!” exclaimed Nancy.
Bruce laughed heartily at Nancy’s chagrin. “Thanks a lot, Mabel, for helping me out. I’ve been trying to figure out a good opening for a proposal for the last week.”
“You’ll surely have to make an improvement before I’ll accept you,” stated Nancy, triumphantly trumping Bruce’s ace.
Bruce looked from Mabel to Pat Walden, and said mischievously, “You’ll both stand witness that she’s practically accepted me.”
“Stick to your card playing, Bruce,” said Nancy pertly. “This is no time to settle down to marriage. We have a war to win.”