"Don't listen to such things, Robin! Put them out of your head! They are not true." He rested his chin upon her hand, looking up at her dumbly.

Her heart stirred within her.

The pathos of those eyes was more than she could meet unmoved.

Their protest made her think of an animal in pain.
"It doesn't do to take things too seriously, Robin," she said gently.

"There are people in the world who will say unkind things of anybody.