For
of course you'll marry her."
"I'm not sure of that. I haven't your sublime self-confidence,
you know."
"Oh, I'll arrange it," replied Craig, full of enthusiasm. "In
fact, I had already begun, this very afternoon, when she let me
see that she loved me and, so, brought me up standing."
"Damn it, man, DON'T say that!" cried Grant, all afire. "I tell
you it's crazy, conceited nonsense."
"All right, all right, old chap," soothed Josh.
And it frenzied Arkwright to see that he said this merely to spare
the feelings of an unrequited lover, not at all because he had
begun to doubt Margaret's love. "Come down to dinner and let's
talk no more about it," said Grant, with a great effort
restraining himself. "I tell you, Josh, you make it mighty hard
sometimes for me to remember what I owe you."
Craig wheeled on him with eyes that flashed and pierced. "My young
friend," said he, "you owe me nothing. And let me say to you, once
for all, you are free to break with me at any instant--you or any
other man. Whenever I find I'm beginning to look on a man as
necessary to me I drop him--break with him. I am necessary to my
friends, not they to me. I like you, but be careful how you get
impertinent with me.
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