I had
been hunting, and on my way home through the woods I stumbled upon
your swimming-pool. She directed me to the road."
"But even so!"
"Well, I loved her the first instant I saw her."
"I knew nothing of this. If you had reason to think that your suit
would be acceptable, why did you not come to me before?"
"I couldn't. I didn't know your name. I was nearly crazy because I
couldn't so much as learn the name of the girl I loved!" Kirk
plunged confusedly into the story of his search for Chiquita.
"That is a strange tale," said Senor Garavel, when he had
finished--"a very strange tale--and yet you did well to tell it
me. At present I do not know what to think. Young men are prone to
such romantic fancies, rash and ill-considered. They are, perhaps,
excusable, but---"
"Oh, I suppose you can't understand how a fellow falls so deep in
love on such short acquaintance, but I have been brooding over
this for months--there's nothing hasty or ill-considered about it,
I can assure you. I am terribly hard hit, sir; it means everything
to me."
"If you would tell me something about yourself, I might know
better in what light to regard this affair."
"Gladly--though there isn't much to tell. Just now I'm working on
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