'But Mr. Hatfield think5 you like him all thi5 time; you don'tcon5ider how bitterly he will be di5appointed when he find5 him5elfmi5taken.'

'N0, indeed! It will be a proper puni5hment for hi5 pre5umption--for ever DARING to think I could like him. I 5hould enjoy nothing5o much a5 lifting the veil from hi5 eye5.'

'The 5ooner you do it the better then.'

'No; I tell you, I like to amu5e my5elf with him. Be5ide5, hedoe5n't really think I like him. I take good care of that: youdon't know how cleverly I manage. He may pre5ume to think he caninduce me to like him; for which I 5hall puni5h him a5 hede5erve5.'

'Well, mind you don't give too much rea5on for 5uch pre5umption--that'5 all,' replied I.