human
What do you think? The postman has just brought me a proposal!
gpt
From Loyal Graham?
human
No, indeed--from Teddy Darrell.
gpt
Teddy Darrell! Why, he proposed to _me_ last week,
human
And did he ask you to keep it a _secret_?
gpt
Yes, he did, now that I recall it. Oh, my! I'm sorry I mentioned it; but you took me by surprise.
human
There's no harm done, my dear, and you need not look so conscience-stricken. Bless you, I don't mean to keep it a secret, although he prays me here to do so. Why, Teddy Darrell is the worst flirt in Boston, and proposes to a new girl every week, always trying to keep the new love a secret from the old one.
gpt
But does no one ever accept him, Helen?
human
Perhaps. I don't know, I'm sure I sha'n't, and I'm just dying to tell the girls. Why, only last week we were comparing notes over him, and out of seven girls in the crowd he had asked five to marry him. Maud Sylvester said I'd be the next one on his list, and you see I am.
gpt
But how can he fall in love so often?
human
He's very susceptible, I suppose, or maybe it's all in fun. You know some young men like to be engaged to several girls at once, so they can boast of their conquests, and maybe he's one of them. Well, I must lacerate his poor heart by a refusal,
gpt
Who will be his next victim?
human
Either Maud Sylvester or Katie Wells. One is an actress, the other a novelist. He is wild over both fraternities.
gpt
How amusing! laughed her friend.
human
But your other letter, Helen? Is it another proposal?
gpt
No; this is an invitation to attend a flower show.
human
From Loyal Graham?
gpt
Ye-es, Helen answered, a little consciously.
human
But, Kathleen, how pale you are! Did you not sleep well?
gpt
No; I was restless,