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172 account. Why have you renewed this affair? I cannot marry him."

"You are too fastidious about a word," replied my sister. "Just because he has used the word 'sacrifice' you take offence."

"You are mistaken, sister, I have taken no offence. I do not love him, and I do not think he loves me. Why should I accept a sacrifice from one for whom I do not care? If he did, he would not speak of sacrifice."

My sister laughed and said,

"I cannot overcome your argument, Moni, but he will come to-morrow, and he will be able to meet your logic and soothe your troubled feelings."

I saw she did not understand me yet, and I therefore tried to explain.

"Didi, you are really making a mistake. I do not feel offended. On the contrary, I am glad to think that he may have found another. A great responsibility has been taken from me. I always knew I could not love this man, and now I see he does not love me either, and yet I am supposed to be the cause of his unhappiness. It is a wrong way of reasoning."

My sister became annoyed with me again.