15/18 He has no authority over me." "What! When you've become engaged to him ?" "I'm not engaged to him at all." "He says you are." "Did he really say that, Mona ?" "Not in so many words, but he implied that there was an understanding between you." "Understanding! I hate that word,--used that way! There's a misunderstanding between us, if there's anything!" "But you're going to be engaged to him, aren't you, Patty ?" "No, I don't think so. Why, he was horrid, Mona, after I came home. He scolded me, and I wouldn't stay to listen. |