34/48 Suppose she tires of John? Doubtless he knows the meaning of 'to have and to hold.' To hold any woman's love, a man must make himself indispensable; he must be her partner in all things: her comrade and husband when need be, her lover always. There can be no going back to old haunts, so attractive to men; club life must become merely an incident. Again, he must not be under her feet all the time. "I have had to figure out all these things." "But if she does not love him!" "How in the world can she help it ?" She caught up his hand in a motherly clasp. |