Now, what would you do in a case like that?"
[Illustration: "Now, what would you do in a case like that?"]
"Patty, you're a torment! But if I have an even chance with the
others, I shall get ahead, somehow. Are you sure you don't like that
Cameron chap any better than me?"
"Not a bit better. He's good fun, but I can't imagine anybody
falling in love with him."
"And--Van Reypen?"
The pink in Patty's cheeks deepened, and the lids fell over her blue
eyes at this question. Af-ter an instant's pause, she said: "I don't
think it's fair, Ken, for you to quiz me like that. And, anyway, I
can't tell. In some ways, I like you a heap better than Phil Van
Reypen,--and then in other ways----"
"You like him a heap better than me!" Kenneth's tone was accusing,
and Patty resented it.
"Yes, I do!" she said, honestly. "He's always ready for a good time
and willing to give up things for other people. Why, Ken, when
you've an important case on, you won't go skating or anything! I
have to coax you to come to my parties. Now, Phil is always ready to
go anywhere or do anything."
"But he's a millionaire, Patty. He doesn't have to grub for a
living, as I do."
"It isn't that, Ken." Patty's quick perceptions had caught the flaw
in Kenneth's argument.
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