Now I must get to work, Danny, so you'd
better trot along and not bother me. And you must keep away evenings
unless you have a date in advance. You might interrupt something if
you bob in unannounced.'
"'May I have a date this evening?' he asked with high hauteur.
"'So sorry, Danny, I have a date with Cal Keith.' I consulted the
note-book. 'To-morrow night Doctor Meredith. Thursday night, Buddy
Johnson.'
"'Friday then?'
"'Yes, Friday.'
"The next time he saw me, he said first thing, which proved he had been
thinking seriously, 'I suppose it will be the end of my hanging around
here if you get married.'
"Evidently he thought I would contradict him. But I didn't.
"'I am afraid so,' I admitted. 'My husband will be so fearfully
jealous! He will be so crazy about me that he won't allow another man
to come within a mile of me.'
"Dan snorted. 'You don't know how crazy he'll be about you.'
"'Oh, yes, I do, for when I pick him out, I'll see to that part of it.
That will be easy. It is picking him out that is hard.'
"You know how Dan is, Carol. He is very fond of the girls, especially
me, and he makes love in a sort of semi-fashion, but he never really
wanted to get married. He liked to be a bachelor.
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