22/28 But if a girl is not in love, she thinks she is bound to swear and declare that she never will be so." "I don't think Bell ever declared anything of the kind." "Yes, she did. She told Bernard that she didn't love him and couldn't love him,--and, in fact, that she wouldn't think anything more about it. Now, Mary, that's what I call being headstrong and positive. I don't want to drive her, and I don't want you to drive her. But here is an arrangement which for her will be a very good one; you must admit that. |