That is a minor reason. The really important one is that it
wouldn't be fair to me."
"No, it would not," he admitted, with an air of candor.
"Because, you see, I happen to care for another man," she purred.
His vanity leaped up fully armed. "Another man! Who?"
"That's my secret," she answered, smiling at his chagrin.
"And his?"
"I said mine. At any rate, if three knew, it wouldn't be a secret," was her
quick retort.
"Do you think you have been quite fair to me, Virginia?" he asked, with
gloomy dignity.
"I think so," she answered, and touched him with the riposte: "I'm ready
now to have you tell me when you expect to marry Aline Harley."
His dignity collapsed like a pricked bladder. "How did you know?" he
demanded, in astonishment.
"Oh well, I have eyes."
"But I didn't know--I thought--"
"Oh, you thought! You are a pair of children at the game," this
thousand-year-old young woman scoffed. "I have known for months that you
worshiped each other."
"If you mean to imply " he began severely.
"Hit somebody of your size, Warry," she interrupted cheerfully, as to an
infant.
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