And those things in his life which he has confessed to you are certainly not the things that could win the love of a girl like you, even though they might arouse your interest in the man.

Interest is not love, Betty Jo.

Are you quite sure that you are not making the mistake that is most commonly made by young women ?" Betty Jo was compelled to answer that she was not mistaking interest for love, because had such been the case, she would not be able to so analyze the situation.

Betty Jo's quite womanly prejudice is admitted, because the prejudice was so womanly, and because Betty Jo herself was so womanly.
"Very well, Miss Betty Jo," the young woman continued inexorably, "you are not permitting yourself to love Brian Kent because Brian Kent is trying not to love you.

But, why is the man trying so hard not to love you ?" Betty Jo thought very hard over this question, and felt her way carefully to the answer.