7/31 If they are not equal to it, they should not give it." "Nothing Quixotic about you, is there ?" said De Forest, looking at her quizzically. "Why should there be? It's simply my business to make sure that I can look after myself." "What an outrageously frank exposure of a universally concealed sentiment! Mr.Halloway is scandalized. He is thinking how he can fit a scorching text to it to wither you with next Sunday." "No; here is a sermon ready made on the spot," said Denham, as Phebe came slowly toward them. "Miss Lane in herself is a sufficient illustration of the opposite doctrine." "Prove it," answered Gerald, shrugging her shoulders. |