`` I suppose it would , '' said the Girl thoughtfully , `` but then , you know , I wo n't change my mind . '' `` It 's just as well to be on the safe side , '' said the Young Man . The Girl got up . The rain was over and the sun was coming out through the mists . `` Perhaps you are right , '' she said . `` So I 'll just resolve that I will say ` no ' if I do n't want to say ` yes . ' That really amounts to the same thing , you know . Thank you so much for letting me tell you all about it . It must have bored you terribly , but it has done me so much good . I feel quite calm and rational now , and can go home and behave myself . Goodbye . '' `` Goodbye , '' said the Young Man gravely . He stood on the pavilion and watched the Girl out of sight beyond the pines . When the Girl got home she was told that the Dalhousie team had won the game , eight to four . The Girl dragged her hat off and waved it joyously . `` What a shame I was n't there ! They 'd have gone mad over my dress . '' But the next item of information crushed her . The Creature had arrived . He had called that afternoon , and was coming to dinner that night .
`` How fortunate , '' said the Girl , as she went XXXXX her room , `` that I relieved my mind to that Young Man out in the park today .
So about for if off on over that through to