I did n't know you made taffy . '' `` Oh , I do n't . It 's Tim . He can do everything . He used to make it long ago , and I washed up after him and helped him eat it . How is the pursuit of the Ideal coming on , Roger-boy ? '' Roger did not feel as if he wanted to talk about the Ideal . He noticed how vivid Freda 's smile was and how lovable were the curves of her neck where the dusky curls were caught up from it . He had also an inner vision of Freda making taffy with Tim and he did not approve of it . He refused to talk about the Ideal . On his way back to town he found himself thinking that Freda had the most charming , glad little laugh of any girl he knew . He suddenly remembered that he had never heard the Ideal laugh . She smiled placidly -- he had raved to Freda about that smile -- but she did not laugh . Roger began to wonder what an ideal without any sense of humour would be like when translated into the real . He went to Lowlands the next afternoon and found Tim there -- in his chair again . He detested the fellow but he could not deny that he was good-looking and had charming manners . Freda was very nice to Tim . On his way back to town Roger decided that Tim was in love with Freda . He was furious at the idea . The presumption of the man !
He also remembered that he had not said a word to XXXXX about the Ideal .
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