It was putting temptation in his way." Faircloth looked at her smiling.
"No I didn't, and for two reasons.

One that I knew--even then--you would find excuses, plead for mercy, as you have just now.

Another, those flowers.

If I had found--well--what I might have found, oh! he should have had the stick or the dog-whip without stint.

But one doesn't practise devil-worship with flowers.