I know it 's considered proper for girls to shut their eyes and let things come to a crisis no matter how much mischief is done.

But I don't think it 's doing as we 'd be done by, and it seems a great deal more honest to show a man that you don't love him before he has entirely lost his heart.

The girls laughed at me when I said so, and they declared that it would be a very improper thing to do, but I 've observed that they don't hesitate to snub 'ineligible parties,' as they call poor, very young, or unpopular men.

It 's all right then, but when a nice person comes it 's part of the fun to let him go on to the very end, whether the girls care for him or not.

The more proposals, the more credit.