40/41 It's an awful thing for a woman to go out into the world followed by a shadow. It's so much worse for a woman; women are so helpless." "Some of us, like me, are pretty tough, too. Sylvia will be able to take care of herself; you don't need to worry about her. If that's gnawing some man's conscience--and I reckon it is--you can forget all about it. You'd better go to bed, Andrew." Kelton lingered to smoke a cigar in the open. |