He was looking straight over the little doctor's head.

"If it wasn't for this damnable DeBar--whom I ought to go after again--" "Drop DeBar," interrupted McGill quietly.

"He's got too big a start of you anyway--so what's the use?
Drop 'im.

I dropped a whole lot of things when I came up here." "But the law--" "Damn the law!" exploded the doctor with unexpected vehemence.
"Sometimes I think the world would be just as happy without it." Their eyes met, sharp and understanding.
"You're a professor in a college," chuckled Philip, his voice trembling again with hope and eagerness.

"You ought to know more than I do.