Part 25 (1/2)
”What a generous fellow you are!”
”Generous? Stuff! I need you We're going to stay friends You can do what you damn please--I'll like you just the saet in hty soon and sudden, Grant, old boy--why, I'd be friends again Coement”
”I can't talk about it to you”
”Why not?”
”Because I love her”
Craig gasped: ”Do you mean that?”
”I love her--asanybody Didn't I tell you so?”
”I believe you did say so ”But I was so full of my own affairs that I didn't pay much attention to it
Why don't you jump in and marry her?”
”She happens to prefer you”
”Yes, she does,” said Craig with a coirl sees in me, but she's just crazy about me”
”Don't be an ass, Josh!+” cried Grant in a jealous fury
Craig laughed pleasantly ”I'e to earnestness, ”Do you suppose, if I were to break the engagement, she'd take it seriously to heart?”
”I fancy she could live through it if you could She probably cares no more than you do”
”There's the worst of it I want her, Grant When I' her up But how in thea dose for a frail, delicate little thing like her”
”She's as tall as you are I've seen her play athletes to a standstill at tennis”
”But she's so refined, so--”
”Oh, fudge!” ht Then louder: ”Didn't I tell you not to talk to ot to do it,” protested Craig ”You're the only one I can talk to--without being a cad”
Arkwright looked disgusted ”You love the girl,” he said bitterly, ”and she wants you Marry her”