'
"Dan's lips curled scornfully. He turned the lovely linens roughly,
and wiped his hands on a dainty guest towel.
"'Connie, this is downright immodest. Furnishing your house before you
have a lover!'
"'Do you think so?' I kissed a circular hand-embroidered table-cloth.
'If I had known it was such fun furnishing my house, I'd have had the
lover years ago and don't you forgit it.'
"'I am disappointed in you.'
"'I am sorry,' I said lightly. 'But I am so excited over getting
married, that I can't bother much about what mere friends think any
more. My husband's opinions--'
"'Mere friends,' he shouted. 'Mere friends! I am no mere friend,
Connie Starr. I'M--I'M--'
"'Yes, what are you?'
"Well, I am your pal, your chum, your old schoolmate, your best
friend,--'
"'Oh, that was before I was engaged.'
"'Engaged?' Dan was staggered. 'Are you really engaged then? Have
you found the right one?'
"'Being engaged alters the situation. You must see that.'
"'Who is it?'
"'Oh, don't be so silly. I haven't found the right one yet. But the
principle is just the same. With marriage just ahead of me, all the
rest of the world must stand back to give place to my fiance.'
"Dan sneered. 'Yeh, look at the world standing back and gazing with
envy on this moonbeam fiance.
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