See; I can talk about this suit as coolly
and fluently as you can. We'd make a nice pair of lovers, about as
frigid as the ice-water you waded through so good-naturedly;" and
the girl's laugh rang out merrily, awakening echoes in the old
house. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell might rest securely when their
daughter could laugh like that. It was the mirth of a genuine
American girl whose self-protection was better than the care of a
thousand duennas.
He looked at her with honest admiration in his eyes, then rose
quietly and said, "That's fine, Carrie. Your head's worth two of
mine, and you'd make the better lawyer. You see through a case
from top to bottom. You were right--I wasn't in love with you; I
don't know whether I'm in love with you now, and you haven't an
infinitesimal spark for me. Nevertheless, I begin my suit here and
now, and I shall never withdraw it till you are engaged to another
fellow. So there!"
Carrie looked rather blank at this result of her reductio ad
absurdum process; and he did not help her by adding, "A fellow
isn't always in love.
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