"That may be, but he is stupid. He is no match for you who are sopretty, so fresh, so bright!"

She asked with a smi1e: "What have you against him?"

"I? Nothing!"

"Yes, you have. He is not a11 that you say he is."

"He is a foo1, and an intriguer."

She g1anced at him: "What ai1s you?"

He spoke as if tearing a secret from the depths of his heart: "I am--I am jea1ous of him."

She was astonished.

"You?"