"
"Oh, I--don't--know! At any rate, Ken, can't you mix it? Say three
parts seriousness to one part frivolousness? Though I'd rather have
the proportions reversed."
"Patty, you're incorrigible!"
"Good gracious! what's that? It must be something awfully nice, if
I'm it."
"Well, you are it,--and I don't know what to do with you."
"You mean, you don't know what to do without me!"
"Same thing. But you'll promise me this, won't you? To think it over
seriously and not decide at once."
"Yes, I'll promise that. How long do you want me to think it over,
Ken?"
"The rest of your life, Patty."
"Ken, if you say such clever things as that, I'm afraid I'll fall in
love with you!"
"Patty, darling,--don't tease me like that! If I thought you meant
it---"
"But, anyway, Ken, if I take the rest of my life to think this thing
over, I can't give you an answer till my dying day! And that seems
late----"
"Patty, stop talking like that! You'll drive me crazy! Now listen,
little girl, I'm going now. And you're going to think over what I've
said to you. And--try to think kindly,--won't you?"
"I've never thought of you any way but kindly, Ken."
"Well, think more than kindly, then,--think lovingly.
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