I
could never forgive myself," she concluded airily.
"Don't you see any human, lovable things in him?" Aline's voice was an
accusation.
"He is the staunchest friend conceivable. No trouble is too great for him
to take for one he likes, and where once he gives his trust he does not
take it back. Oh, for all his force, he is intensely human! Take his
vanity, my dear. It soars to heaven."
"If I cared for him I couldn't dissect his qualities as you do."
"That's because you are a triumph of the survival of nature and impulse
over civilization, in spite of its attempts to sap your freshness. For me,
I fear I'm a sophisticated daughter of a critical generation. If I weren't,
I should not hold my judgment so safely in my own keeping, but would
surrender it and my heart."
"There is something about the way you look at him that shocks me. One ought
not to let oneself believe all that seems easy to believe."
"That is your faith, but mine is a different one. You see, I'm a
Unitarian," returned Virginia blithely.
"He will make you love him if you marry him," sighed Aline, coming back to
her obsession.
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