At least, I'm going to know, whether I
have a right or not. What is it or who is it that has interfered
with our friendship?"
Patty looked up at Bill and read determination in his face. She knew
it was no time for chaffing or foolishness. So she only said, as she
looked straight at him,--"Miss Morton."
"Miss Morton! for Heaven's sake, what DO you mean?"
"The girl you're engaged to."
"The girl I'm engaged to! Patty, HAVE you taken leave of your
senses?"
"Well, anyway, if you're not engaged to her, you're terribly in love
with her! Your whole life and love is bound up in her!"
"Patty, I've heard there is a lunatic asylum over near Scottsville,
and I'm going to take you right straight over there, unless you stop
talking this rubbish! Now, if you're still possessed of the power of
rational conversation, tell me who is this Miss Morton!"
"Miss Kate Morton,--the lady you're in love with."
Patty's spirits had begun to rise, and as she said this she looked
up at Farnsworth, with demure face, but with a mouth dimpling into
laughter.
"Kate Morton! Why, I haven't seen her for ten years!"
"Was it a hopeless affection, then? Are you only true to her
memory?"
"Patty, BEHAVE yourself! Who mentioned Kate Morton's name to you?"
"Kitty! You always call her Kitty.
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