The Social Secretary

The Social Secretary

Mrs. Carteret said she would call for me at five minutes to one. But it was ten minutes after when she appeared, away down at the corner of I Street. Jim was walking up and down the drawing-room; I was at the window, watching that corner of I Street. "There she blows!" I cried, my voice brave, but my heart like a big lump of something soggy and sad. [Pg 2]Jim hurried up and stood behind me, staring glumly over my shoulder. He has proposed to me in so many words more than twenty times in the last three years, and has looked it every time we've metwe meet almost every day. I could feel that he was getting ready to propose again, but I hadn't the slightest fear that he'd touch me. He's in the army, and his "pull" has kept him snug and safe at Washington and has promoted him steadily until now he's a Colonel at thirty-five. But he was brought up in a formal, old-fashioned way, and he'd think it a deadly insult to a woman he respected enough to ask her to be his wife if he should touch her without her permission. I admire Jim's self-restraint, butI couldn't bear being married to a man who worshiped me, even if I only liked him. If I[Pg 3] loved him, I'd be utterly miserable. I've been trying hard to love Jim for the past four months, or ever since I've really realized how desperate my affairs are. But I can't. And the most exasperating part of my obstinacy is that I can't find a good reason or excuse for it. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 55719
Author: Phillips, David Graham
Release Date: Oct 9, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Seymour, Ralph Fletcher, 1876-1966 , Underwood, Clarence F., 1871-1929