“Nora Brooks, I have loved you from the start, back when we were children in grade school. Though our lives have drifted in different directions helping our families, we have always been in close contact and you have always known how I felt about you. Have I not sent presents on every holiday, every birthday, at every opportunity? I dance with you at every dance; we invite you to our table at every occasion. I thought your aloofness was due to your distraction over your father"s financial concerns, but now I find you giving your attention to this lowly saddletramp!”
“David, there is no call for you to insult Mr. Sanders in such a manner,” she insisted. “It is true that we have been friends since childhood, and I hope we remain so for the rest of our lives. There is no finer man in this pa
