"Why didn't you go down to Princeton?"
"Didn't want to," she said airily.
"Monty Standish asked you, didn't he?"
"He said something about it."
"They say he's the greatest end we've had for ten years." James was a Princeton alumnus. "He's a good-looking youngster, Pat."
The girl flushed and her eyes shone. "He's a winner to look at," she agreed.
"They tell me you've added him to your collection."
"That's all guff," replied the inelegant Pat.
"Is it? The point is that you wouldn't go because you felt you had to come here. Isn't that so?"
"I didn't want to go, anyway," lied Pat gallantly. "I'm worn with football twice a week."