You
see, when Danny gets interested in a girl, he doesn't really know
whether he wants her. From a girl's point of view what do you
think of that failing, Belle?"
"I am afraid the girl is not likely to feel complimented."
"So," pursued Dave, "while Danny is really interested in a girl,
but is uneasily unable to make up his mind, the girl is pretty
sure to grow tired of him and take up with the more positive rival."
"Poor Dan is not likely to have a bride early in life," sighed
Belle.
"Oh, yes; one very excellent bride for a Naval officer to have."
"What is that?"
"His commission. Dan, if he keeps away from too interesting girls,
will have some years in which to fit himself splendidly in his
profession. By that time he'll be all the better equipped for
taking care of a wife."
"I wonder," pondered Belle, "what kind of wife Dan will finally
choose."
"He won't have anything to do with the choosing," laughed Darrin.
"One of these days some woman will choose him, and then Dan will
be anchored for life. It is even very likely that he'll imagine
that he selected his wife from among womankind, but he won't have
much to say about it."
"You seem to think Dan is only half witted," Belle remarked.
"Only where women are concerned, Belle. In everything else he's
a most capable young American. He's going to be a fine Naval
officer."
In another hour Belle had changed her mind. She had seen all
of the Academy grounds that she cared about for a while, and now
proposed that they slip out through the Maryland Avenue gate for
a walk through the shaded, sweet scented streets of Annapolis.
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