There are only three characters in this story; Brantain,
Harvy and Nathalie. Natahlie is being courted by the rich Mr. Brantain. They are sitting
together when Mr. Harvy comes in a plants a big kiss right on Natahlie's lips. She
obviously likes Harvy, he is a friend of her brothers, but it is more important for her
to convince Brantain that she likes HIM because Brantain is rich and Nathalie wants to
marry him.
Nathalie is a calculating young woman. She sets
her sights on Brantain and when Harvy comes in and kisses her, thus threatening her
relationship with Brantain, she immediately sets to work to fix things. She convinces
Brantain that the kiss means nothing.
Brantain is rather
unsure of himself. The story calls him "insignifcant" and "unattractive" whereas Harvy
is brash, attractive and outgoing. Brantain immediately gets up to leave when Harvy
kisses Nathalie, assuming the worst. After Nathalie coaxes him and convinces him she
does not care for Harvy, they marry. Harvy approaches Nathalie at her wedding and
informs her that her new husband has sent him over to kiss Natahlie - "No hard
feelings," so to speak, but he tells her he will NOT kiss her. He has given up kissing
women. It is too dangerous. He is joking with her, tongue in cheek, kind of telling her,
"Hey, you made your choice, so now live with it." The author says he has a sly smile on
his face when he greets Natahlie at her wedding.
Natahlie,
however, coldly concludes that, oh well, sometimes we can't have everything. She has
made her choice. Money over love.
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