When possession can afford to play at pursuit, this but proves possession
complete. Sometimes
An assumed love will resort to the pretty tricks of a real one, in order
to assure its object--or to re-assure itself.
Surrender after a protracted siege has its advantages. At all events
both M and N can look back to more demi-semi happy incidents when the
courtship has been long.
Happy that couple can laugh over the incidents of courtship afterwards.
'T is a portent of impending ill if they cannot.
* * *
Half-heartedness in courtship is not only suicidal, it is murderous. On
the other hand, remember that
In courtship there are various and varying stages. But there is always
the home-gallop. Remember, too, that