10/21 That is the best way to get this affair out of your mind, and until you do that you won't be worth anything." I felt that I now knew this girl so well that I could say anything to her. "Very well, then," said I; "suppose I fall in love with you ?" "That isn't a very nice speech," she said. "There is a little bit of spitefulness in it. But it doesn't mean anything, anyway. I am out of the competition, and that is the reason I can speak to you so freely. |