We've
been friends so long, and then for him, all of a sudden----"
"It wasn't sudden with him, Patty. He's been in love with you for
years."
"Yes, so he says. Well, Nan, I don't HAVE to marry him, do I?"
"No, of course not."
"Well, then, I'm not going to! And I don't want to be treated as if
I were an ingrate because I don't! Ken is a splendid man, noble
souled and all that, but I don't love him and never shall. Now
please, Nan, be nice to me."
"Why, Patty, dear, I never dreamed of NOT being nice to you! I do
want you to realise what you're throwing away, but if you couldn't
be happy with Ken, of course, you mustn't marry him. He's a very
different temperament from you, and I think myself he would be a
sort of a weight on your buoyant nature. And if you're sure of your
own heart, that's all there is about it. But you must tell Ken so,
just as kindly as possible, for I know it will be an awful blow to
the poor fellow. Did you tell him?"
"Yes, I did, but he insisted that I should think it over."
"Well, think it over. It won't hurt you to do that. And if you keep
getting more and more certain that you don't love Kenneth and never
will, then you'll know you're right in your decision.
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