\"Youshallnotsayit,\"sheinterruptedher。\"Iwill。Thereisareasonnowwhyyoucannotstayhere——whyyoushallnotstayhere。ThatwaswhyIbeggedyoutogo。Youmustgo,evenifIstaybehindalone。\"
NeverhadthebeautifulMissVanderpoel’seyeswornsofullytheirlookofbeingbluebellsunderwater。Thatthistimidcreatureshouldsostandatbaytodefendherwasmoremovingthananythingelsecouldhavebeen。
\"Thankyou,Rosy——thankyou,\"sheanswered。\"Butyoushallnotbeleftalone。Youmustgo,too。Thereisnootherway。Difficultieswillbemadeforus,butwemustfacethem。Fatherwillseethesituationfromapracticalman’sstandpoint。Menknowthethingsothermencannotdo。
Womendon’t。Generallytheyknownothingaboutthelawandcanbebulliedintofeelingthatitisdangerousandcompromisingtoinquireintoit。Nigelhasalwaysseenthatitwaseasytomanagewomen。Astrongbusinessmanwhohasmoreexactlegalinformationthanhehashimselfwillbeanewfactortodealwith。Andhecannotmakeobjectionablelovetohim。Itisbecauseheknowsthesethingsthathesaysthatmysendingforfatherwillbeadeclarationofwar。\"
\"Didhesaythat?\"alittlebreathlessly。