Take time, dearest, to think about
it, if you want to, but don't say no, irrevocably."
"Is a woman's no ever irrevocable?" And a smile dimpled Patty's
face.
"Oh, Patty, you are so sweet when you smile like that! Please say
you'll think about it."
"It won't do any good to think about it, Ken. If ever I marry
anybody, it'll be somebody that I know I'm in love with, without
thinking about it."
"There isn't anybody, is there, Patty, that you know you're in love
with?"
"No, there isn't," and Patty's honest eyes showed that she spoke the
truth. "But I'll tell you what, Ken, YOU try to like somebody else.
Marie Homer is perfectly lovely! or,--there is Elise----"
"Hush, Patty, you don't know what you're talking about. I'm in love
with you,--and you needn't suggest other girls to me."
"They're a great deal nicer than I am," said Patty, thoughtfully.
"Rubbish! You're the only girl in the world for me, and I want YOU.
Are you sure there's nobody you like better than me, Patty?"
Patty rested her dimpled chin on the backs of her clasped hands and
seemed to ponder this question. At last she said: "There's nobody I
like better than you, Ken; but I've counted up nine, that I like
just exactly as well.
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