WANTED TO BE REALISTIC.
She could not see his face as he knelt and asked her to be his. She was glad, of that, for she did not .wish to know how much suffering her refusal had caused'him. ■ She told him as gently as she could that their lives could not be linked together; that, altkough she admired him and esteemed him, sHe felt that it weuld be risking his future as well as her own to consent to a union where she was sure no affinity existed. It was. avouching speech, and she threw so much heart into it that she did not observe that he was taking notes in shorthand. Wkea she had concluded he arose and put his pocket-book in his pocket. Extending his hand, ke remarked, genially:—--"l'm ever and ever se much ebliged to you." "S-i-r-r-r!" "You said it se nicely, aad I'm under a thousand obligations. I'm writing a navel, and I have a scene in whick a girl refuses to marry a man. I was anxious to avoid the stereotyped style of depicting such incidents and make it realistic. You're the seventh girl I've proposed to, and every one of the ethers accepted me. If you had said 'Yes' I think I'd been completely discouraged,"
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ROTWKG19131001.2.66
Bibliographic details
Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 1 October 1913, Page 7
Word Count
211WANTED TO BE REALISTIC. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 1 October 1913, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in