9/17 You must not speak to Mr.Mafferton of his first--attachment again. They never do it in England, except for purposes of fiction." "Well, I worked that racket all I knew. I even told him that American girls as often as not changed their minds." "_Richard!_ He will think I--what _will_ he think of American girls! It was excessively wrong of you to say that--I might almost call it criminal!" Dicky looked at me in pained surprise. "Look here, Mamie," he said, "a fellow in my fix, you know! Don't get excited. How am I going to confide in you unless you keep your hair on!" "What, may I ask, did Mr.Mafferton say when you told him that ?" I asked sternly. |