Excerpt from a charmed life richard harding davis when the maine sank in havana harbor and the word "war" was appearing hourly in hysterical extras, miss armitage explained her position. "you mustn't think," she said, "that i am one of those silly girls who would beg you not to go to war." at the moment of speaking her cheek happened to be resting against his, and his arm was about her, so he humbly bent his head and kissed her, and whispered very proudly and softly, "no, dearest." at which she withdrew from him frowning. "no! i'm not a bit like those girls," she proclaimed. "i merely tell you, you can't go! my gracious! " she cried, . she knew the words fell short of expressing her distress, but her education had not supplied her with exclamations of greater (21) each letter began much in the same way. "the war is still going on. you can read about it in the papers. what i want you to know is that i love you as no man ever--" and so on for many pages. how will the conflict between the boy's desire to go to war and the girlfriend's desire for him to stay with her get resolved (judging from paragraph 21)? a) he wrote many pages of letters. b) the war is still going on today. c) he went to war in spite of her protests. d) he loved her as no man ever loved a woman.