14/22 But you should have considered your reputation before you decided to come here." "You mean that you won't marry me ?" she demanded. She got up and walked toward him, halting within a pace of him and standing stiffly before him. "But you don't understand human nature. No man--or woman--in this section will see anything wrong in your staying in this cabin with me during the storm. They will accept it as being the most natural thing in the world. |