He tapped his boot with his cane.
"Oh, it's very well for you," he answered; "but I'm not a free agent.
_I_ can't afford to make an enemy of Durnovo." "You need not have made an enemy of him," said Jack, and he saved Maurice Gordon by speaking quickly--saved him from making a confession which could hardly have failed to alter both their lives.
"It will not be very difficult," he went on; "all she wants is your passive resistance.

She does not want you to help HIM--do you see?
She can do the rest.

Girls can manage these things better than we think, if they want to.

The difficulty usually arises from the fact that they are not always quite sure that they do want to.

Go and beg her pardon.