“Oh!” Amory gasped in horror. “She wouldn't think of marrying... that is, not now. I mean the future, you know.”
“My girl would. I'm engaged.”
“Are you really?”
“Yes. Don't say a word to anybody, please, but I am. I may not come back next year.”
“But you're only twenty! Give up college?”
“Why, Amory, you were saying a minute ago—”
“Yes,” Amory interrupted, “but I was just wishing. I wouldn't think of leaving college. It's just that I feel so sad these wonderful nights. I sort of feel they're never coming again, and I'm not really getting all I could out of them. I wish my girl lived here. But marry—not a chance. Especially as father says the money isn't forthcoming as it used to be.”
“What a waste these nights are!” agreed Alec.
But Amory sighed and made use of the nights. He had a snap-sho……
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