ever to love anybody but me, and you ain’t ever to marry anybody but me, ever never and forever. Will you?”

“No, I’ll never love anybody but you, Tom, and I’ll never marry anybody but you — and you ain’t to ever marry anybody but me, either.”

“Certainly. Of course. That’s part of it. And always coming to school or when we’re going home, you’re to walk with me, when there ain’t anybody looking — and you choose me and I choose you at parties, because that’s the way you do when you’re engaged.”

“It’s so nice.

I never heard of it before.”

“Oh, it’s ever so gay! Why, me and Amy Lawrence —