`` He feels pretty cheap I reckon . I 've spoiled his chances in this quarter . Old Abe does n't want any poverty-stricken hangers-on about his place and Nan wo n't dream of taking him when she knows he has n't a roof over his head . '' He stopped for a chat with old Abe . Old Abe approved of Bryan Lee . He was a son-in-law after old Abe 's heart . Meanwhile , Nan had seated herself at the pantry window and was ostentatiously hemming towels in apparent oblivion of suitor No. 2 . Nevertheless , when Bryan came up she greeted him with an unusually sweet smile and at once plunged into an animated conversation . Bryan had not come to ask her to go to the picnic -- business prevented him from going . But he meant to find out if she were going with John Osborne . As Nan was serenely impervious to all hints , he was finally forced to ask her bluntly if she was going to the picnic . Well , yes , she expected to . Oh ! Might he ask with whom ? Nan did n't know that it was a question of public interest at all . `` It is n't with that Osborne fellow , is it ? '' demanded Bryan incautiously . Nan tossed her head . `` Well , why not ? '' she asked .
`` Look here , Nan , '' said Lee angrily , `` XXXXX you 're going to the picnic with John Osborne I 'm surprised at you .
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