Show k A SAC DE m I- I B CHIC SE I I Tal kIng about matrimony observed ob oh served seed Constance e reflectively ao no th h poised the time teapot tel In midair preparatory lOl tory tomy to neol negotiating alln my second cup of that tim t umu unpromising ln ng beverage Ive I come cometo cometo cometo to the time conclusion that Im I'm much too Intolerant even en to let It enter Into my calculations As a mutter matter of fuel fact we ha hadn't nl been talking about matrimony un and 1 I hinted as much at nt the tue saint ame time signifying I my willingness to o prattle prattie of or It till lm doomsday If Ir it H amused her to 10 do o so 80 said Constance Donl Dont be lC silly lightly waving wa time the to show how bow absolu absolutely absolute el m my remark was I forgot Ol ot you'd oud only Just come It H must have Im been auntie and nn I who were talking about It at lunch hunch any- any v It li Ir Vt In 0 my nn mind oi IU an and iLI as I C aIm a ay Im I'm t h too Intolerant nt le l cli even to consider con con- sider l cl It seriously I Intolerant I interrogated 1 Well Vell ell it must be c intolerance that tha mal makes e me mae see ee such tolerant drawbacks to all the eligible young nten miten o of th the place I Drawbacks I 1 murmured again I For goodness' goodness take rake no Roper Roger el dont don't echo m my wor words 1 cried Constance c with wHit 1 I exasperation 1 I hastened to apologize But hon honestly 1 I don don quite quite- understand wider under stand stanch you ou I went on Ive I ahva always Vals Haltered myself that thai we wc were c a singularly singularly sin sin- high Inoffensive set sot Why In theres there's not a black sheep among u us come to think of IL ILu Constance Con put down th time the teacup threw back her head amid laughed lau he You dont don't class yourself among the than eligible parl partis s of letlon do you ou she inquired plea pleasantly I stroked my and looked v vas as modest immodest as I could commit What hut cl else e am I I asked Youre a dear deut aged middle lc vc- vc weI I thing said raid Constance old thing Inconsequentially nn It its it's awfully pretty retty o of you ou to think all the girls os as s t raring each others other eyes out for fur I ou I you raising u-ahsing an aim a ad- ad Steady I l hand lints lint's a a. libel on my may claims But leave mo tao out omit of the time ques- ques lon lIou What for Ol instance is h the ti-me glar- glar lag In ng dm drawback acl lo to Giles Gibes J Bassett Golf Oolf announced Constance gloom- gloom Ily ly Perhaps Ive I've be been n spoilt but hut I have o m my horizon bounded by bya a few acres of or turf ture and halt half a dozen disks 8 Well there s Jack lie He tall talks about himself lt's lr its it's the the- onlY su subject In tn which hes he's really leall Inter Interested ested estell and amid there are arc moments moment when hemm I 1 feel eel I must ha have u a good listener or 01 burst Oh Olm Of or C course se If youre you're so 80 pa particular par par- t Then theres there's Jack Trevor or Elliot and Bunbury-and Bob Doh Manfred 1 I counted them on my fingers Constance handed me my m tea ten antI and sighed Nose o c she said concisely North country y co un accept an and amid two t sister nev never navel l' l likely to to ma try You know Roger Roper poor Bob who's l who really nice maice I is going to have ha them theta both to live re with Ith him when he lie lal takes es a wife he told me mae s so o When he lie s suggested g that you should shoulder r pr er inin the Abe i 1 I 1 remarked n Exactly said ai Constance om lance dimpling lie ime hasn't money mainey enough h to lO pension them off ocr poor pOOl bo boy an and keep up r ai establishment of his own as well vell I 1 dont don't think I 1 said that I l mentioned enl 01 ct either chimer the new do dotor doc doctor I tor tom or hm his curate r tm t il i Jive JI same fide The of street sleet a Though h he's hes got Kot ot nice eye ll too site she hc ad ridded added e regretfully I And the Cli tin curates curate's been engaged aged all ail alone alon along I 1 I al ai alas always al ways as said so o only no one would iI lis lis- ten teim It came caine out when eld Mr Ur Pit Pile told him that there t was no misunderstanding r- r standing his Imis attentions to Miss Pile Fancy lies she's fifty If Jr she's a 0 minute and amI not quite right ht at that an and the tin POOl poor timing thing only talked to her because e ehe he me thought It was safe afe Well Veil then I observed observe 1 that thaL completes completes com coin the time list unless you like to fall tail fallback fallback back inch on me and anyhow Constance find glaring drawback draw draw- I 1 challenge you to a mack hack in m my ca case o. o I dont don't play pla golf I r have lmae let a cup of ot tea grow cold an ana and anda a muffin tough while I sat enthralled I ef In worst b by your our OUi conversation defy my tem ever to find fault ta with m my nose or 01 1 accent and my only sister died lell in I Infancy mba ncy Constance laughed hed again I again I fancied however but Im I'm Im I'm Imaginative perhaps per pcr- haps aps that hat tho the laugh sounded 1 more I know now forced creed thou than natural Do you things rather i smart H toger OC 1 you say a occasionally she the admitted n By the time thea a way th though u h. h thane thele is a drawback to lo OU apart from flom your age you know know- Inow- Inow you rest l. l a glaring one than all nih time the re She lie said this a as if It speaking to herself her lice afterward I 1 fancied she hc self lf and discreet wished shed she'd been ben more niom-e chair andI and She leaned back in her Ill her I cheeks rc suddenly cry ci pink tho imo sub sub- would change c 1 I felt sure ure she hc feet cot lect If It I didn't dl nt stick sUck closely c o l to to- It I Ilont L I lont know wh rii why but I J Ilund lund had On a sudden sensation X had hail of lie power ll a a experienced 1 when In the company company com corn pany of or Constance nce be before e cre asked asle I ua bad Is It anything very cry cr cautiously ii iy No I Xo o-l o I dont don't know lh that t depends 8 on the point of lIf but view lew but Im Ini going to have six guesses s 1 th It 1 I. I said Constance very Nonsense ou never guess it In hum sixty Have lIa you ou finished your OUI tea because because- pinker cr Her lice cheeks were getting belting er e every ery minute m. As s 1 I watched them I 1 daring proportionately grew gre My uly tea can aim walt wait I said aId hen did you fit first st discover el this this this-t tIlls this hi s d de delinquency ost o- o I Oh Oh Olt years cars ago aJo very cautiously when I f was wa about sixteen Where did you ou discover It It What hat hat a R silly question Where dill did you OU discover it Z Dont look at me hike liko that In ln tho thio thoI I summer ni by the rose ro o garden it Ie I you ou must know I I rubbed my amy hands an and drew m my I clinic chair a a. little nearer My second cup UI of lea tea remaIned it untouched on a n. Oriental table lable beside me Wn ax it one ono afternoon one afternoon one sweet summer a afternoon when when you asked been In love lo and amid I me ale If I had ever I told you you you- 1 Yes Yc yes CS If IC you ou UI like hike e theros thero's there theres s no I need to togo go JO Into Inlo that thal she spoke very cr I hastily I 1 was a stupid Inquisitive c child hild Dont interrupt I told you ou 1 I re remember re- re member I adored a girl 1111 with all all' allIn In my heart and amid an thou though h she ho was not for me mime I knew I 1 should n never nel el care caro for COl anyone else What hat on oui earth has luas all aB this to do with with-with the time drawback air nil oC ot She Sho spoke with an elaborate trembling trem trum- surprise sum but her Iter hands were I 1 not riot to be put oft on the trie bUn hung bling and amid was seouL scone I knew her hor vcr very well you you- ou see Id I'd held her hem In hum my arms when which she W was s only six Ix weeks t old and anal I wa wan was wait wasa waita a n downy youth of or eighteen probably Id I'd blushed then as she was blushing gw I nov U I Irose rose 1 walked o or over r to her 1101 side Ide ant and stood too 1001 looking down at III her Im ui going to make male m my first guess I I sal said Vh Why you youve you've ve ma made malIC d e a about b ou t seven ald ai- ai 1 lea ready y mm muted Com Constance h questions Those Tho c were preliminary Look at me obeyed she obeyed she was vas she To my nay sui surprise prise c submission to not as not as a rule given Hu tInd In drawback you ou lime Tho hc glaring me mae I jail very vety slow slowly an and distinctly Is 15 Constance give gove a till slight ht scream cream Is la I do not nol love you It Il was wo-s out out out-anah and I breathed again I dont don't know 1 It if I r expected an I scorn I got sot lant denial or r ribald scorn e r. r hurled burled her face In her hands and began begun to cry cn I l knelt down own and amid drew lew her hands in this away I awa away 1 I don't dont know new ne' ne new reckless s mood of or mine but It seemed to como come natural somehow Now ow I sal salt said Im rin going to pa pay you tU back In your own coin and tell lell you the tIme great reat disadvantage there Is 18 IsU U tim you Youre You're a deal ton loo ready really to c ns- ns and net act on on tho ho im BM l AJ 1 il J r You 1 Oti tho l li hl I I r loved but how I could J I guess that the dear dem respectably old thing timing would have I bly ble ml aped an any aimy chance with the pretty prett cai young youn who into looked on eu himas him latin latinas himas as a father or at an any rate as a very er elder eIther brother So lie he was content to stand lI by Lay fluid antI see her hOl carried off ott b by more more- suitable rivals Two unshod teats tears made Constance's right bright h t c eN eNer er very bright ht Indeed hier hel her cheeks glowed glon with washed Jew A dimple appeared slowly in Ither check She gave m my hands a t. t small a ml a very small squeeze Roger no e. e she said its loo too terrible terri tom ble ie I i verily believe e Ive I've proposed to rou you Upon limoli my may WOl word salt said al I I. I as us r kissed her cr I r verily believe c you rou haye ha-e but for four fOUl anyhow after aner deceiving me mime else l left heft for tal e cars curs there lucre was nothing you ou 00 to do clot dol |