I am sorry to speak so strongly, but I mean it.

I do not cling very closely to life, and do not value my own very highly, but I will not tangle it in such a way; I will not share the profits of vice; I am not willing to be made a receiver of stolen goods, or to be put in a position where I am perpetually obliged to maintain that immorality is a virtue!" As she went on she became more and more animated and her words took a sharper edge than she had intended.

Ratcliffe felt it, and showed his annoyance.

His face grew dark and his eyes looked out at her with their ugliest expression.

He even opened his mouth for an angry retort, but controlled himself with an effort, and presently resumed his argument.
"I had hoped," he began more solemnly than ever, "that I should find in you a lofty courage which would disregard such risks.