7/21 I don't know if you feel flattered, but he can't forget you." Agatha stopped her. Jake was Mrs.Farnam's cousin, and had been a teacher of science until he got a post at a mine. He had helped Agatha in her studies, and she blamed herself for imagining that common interests and ambitions accounted for their friendship. In fact, it was something of a shock when, on getting his new post, Jake had asked her to marry him. "I liked Jake very much--one was forced to like him--but after all that doesn't go far enough. |