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She had taken him aside one day, in the middle of a game of "I spy," and had said to him "Will you court me, Johnnie?" "No," he had replied. "Do you not love me then?" she enquired. "No," he said again. "But I want you to court me," she persisted. "I don't care what you want," he retorted. "I won't court you because I don't want to court you. I don't like you. You're too much of a girner for me!"
"I'm not a girner," she protested. "You are. You start crying the minute anything happens to you or if people won't do what you want them to do. I wouldn't marry a girner for the wide world!" "I won't girn any more if you'll court me," she promised. "I daresay," he replied skeptically. She considered for a moment or two. "Well, if you won't court me," she said, "I'll let Andy Cairnduff court me!"
She did not stand at the end of the road waiting for Romeo to come to her. She did not wait until the fight was fought and won. She did not offer a cold hand or cold lips to Romeo. Her behaviour was really more like that of Aggie Logan than that of the dream-woman!... Aggie Logan! That "girner" with the sallow look and the giggle!
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