“And Esther ... does she know? Have you told her?”
“Yes.... She took it as an insult. Perhaps it was; I don’t know. You see, I knew she was engaged to that other fellow.”
“An outsider! who isn’t worth a thought,” June cried indignantly. “Micky, however could she have refused you?”
He laughed. He looked down at her with a comical expression in his eyes.
“She’s not the first woman who’s done that,” he reminded her.
She sat up with sudden haste.
“That wasn’t anything, but this....”
“This,” said Micky, “isn’t anything either, except on my side. You always told me that some day I shouldn’t be able to have what I wanted. You were right.”
“I should like to slap her!” said June viciously.
He laughed outright.