[The Financier by Theodore Dreiser]@TWC D-Link bookThe Financier CHAPTER VIII 15/22
You have your own life to make.
Are you going to let what other people think stand in the way of what you want to do ?" "But I don't want to," she smiled. He arose and came over to her, looking into her eyes. "Well ?" she asked, nervously, quizzically. He merely looked at her. "Well ?" she queried, more flustered. He stooped down to take her arms, but she got up. "Now you must not come near me," she pleaded, determinedly.
"I'll go in the house, and I'll not let you come any more.
It's terrible! You're silly! You mustn't interest yourself in me." She did show a good deal of determination, and he desisted.
But for the time being only.
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