I know that I like him lots, and I'd be awfully sorry not to be friends with him, but I don't want to marry him." "Do you want to marry anybody else ?" "I hardly know how to answer that.

I suppose every girl would rather be married than not, if it's to just the right man.

But one thing is certain, Philip isn't the right man." Patty sighed, and the far-away look in her eyes made Nan wonder if there was a "right man" whose image was enshrined in the girl's heart.
But she only said, "Then, dear, tell him so." "I will," said Patty, but she looked very serious and troubled over it.
However, she did tell him so.

When Van Reypen called that evening Patty answered his plea with a decisive No.

She was very gentle and kindly, but she gave him no ray of hope, no suggestion of a change of decision.
Philip took it gravely, but was unwilling to admit it was final.