You Had Kissed Back

Katie shakes her head in denial. "You can't say that for all, you don't know all other men."

He inclines his head at an angle and resumes gazing down at her collectively before speaking, "For example, consider a bag of single-type confections." He orates patiently. "And In that bag is a poisonous confection..or several for that matter disguised amongst the harmless now would you risk tasting out of that bag?"

She contemplates this for a couple of seconds and then shakes her head in decline. "No."

He nods once solemnly. "Which is why you're not permitted to roam about and find yourself a partner on your own, and therefore it is my utmost duty to find you a suitable husband."

"But how would you know the men you've selected for me don't have any harmful ones amongst them?" She queries a valid point.

"Men know other men best. Believe me, they are well sifted through." He replies temperately.

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