"That is the
awful part of it. I am engaged to _two_ men!" She turned her
brown eyes full upon him; they were strained and tragic.
Speed felt himself impelled to laugh immoderately, but instead he
observed, in a tone to relieve her anxiety:
"Nothing unusual in that; it has been done before. Even I have
been prodigal with my affections. What can I do to relieve the
congestion?"
"Please don't make light of it. It means so much to me. I--I'm in
love with Jack Chapin."
"With Jack!"
"Yes. When I came here I thought I cared for somebody else. Why,
I wanted to come here just because I knew that--that somebody
else had been invited too, and we could be together."
"And he couldn't come--"
"Wait! And then, when I got here, I met Jack Chapin. That was
less than a week ago, and yet in that short time I have learned
that he is the only man I can ever love--the one man in all the
world."
"And you can't accept because you have a previous engagement. I
see! Jove! It's quite dramatic. But I don't see why you are so
excited? If the other chap isn't coming--"
"But he is! That is what makes it so dreadful! If those two men
should meet"--Mrs.
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