"A crowd of girls like that, when they get a pretty girl like Alice among them, they act just like wild beasts.

They'll tear her to pieces, or else they'll chase her and run her out, because they know if she had half a chance she'd outshine 'em.

They can't do that to a girl like Mildred Palmer because she's got money and family to back her.

Now you listen to me, Virgil Adams: the way the world is now, money IS family.

Alice would have just as much 'family' as any of 'em every single bit--if you hadn't fallen behind in the race." "How did I----" "Yes, you did!" she cried.