You can't
help regarding me as a horrid sort of schemer!"
"All's well that ends well," returned Carrissima, with a smile.
"Ah! but, you see, it isn't the end!" said Bridget. "It's only the
beginning. We're not living in one of those novels where marriage is
the end of all things. But Jimmy and I always go our separate ways and
the consequence is when we meet we're generally quite glad to see each
other. Such an immense mistake to imagine that any two people can tell
one another everything."
"Is it?" murmured Carrissima, who clung to a vastly different ideal.
"What bores we should become!" said Bridget. "And, you know, whatever
you do to a man you must never bore him--poor fellow! But, please,
don't encourage me to talk about myself--not that I really need much
encouragement. I feel so perfectly delighted with everything!--how is
Mark?" she added, abruptly changing her tone.
"He looked very well the last time I saw him," replied Carrissima, at
once on guard.
"When was that?"
"A few days ago!"
"You don't appear to have any interesting announcement to make,"
suggested Bridget, with expressive eyes on Carrissima's face.
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