"Why,--why, you just mustn't, that's all.

Can't you understand ?" "You mean that I ought not to be put in the position of sharing the blame with him.

Is that it ?" "Well, if there should be a--er--criminal investigation, you'd be a blamed sight better off if you kept out of it, my girl.

And what's more to the point, you can't afford to have people say that you are determined to do the thing they believe you set out to do in the beginning,--and that is to marry Braden as soon as--" "Stop right there, George!" she cried hotly.

"Other people may say what they please, but the same privilege is not extended to you.