"
"I think you are very heartless, all the same," said Ronald.
"Listen to me, Ronald"-
"You will go and marry one of these middle-aged people with red hair"--
"Be quiet," said Joe, stamping her little foot. "Listen to me. I will not
marry you because I like you and I do not love you, and I never mean to
marry any middle-aged person. I shall not marry at all, most probably.
Will you please to imagine what life would have been like if we had
married first, and found out afterwards that we had made a mistake."
"Of course that would have been awful," said Ronald. "But then it would
not be a mistake, because I love you--like anything, Joe!"
"Oh, nonsense! You are quite mistaken, my dear boy, because some day you
will fall desperately in love with some one else, and you will like me
just as much as ever"--
"Of course I should," said Ronald indignantly. "Nothing would ever make
any difference at all!"
"But, Ronald," retorted Joe laughing, "if you were desperately in love
with some one else, how could you still be just as fond of me?"
"I don't know, but I should," said Ronald.
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