"Dangerous!" flashed the girl. "So you think I'm a coward, too!"
"I don't, I don't," pleaded the other. "But I don't want you to."
Boy put her hand on the old lady's knee.
Her mother and Mr. Haggard were the only two human beings to whom she ever demonstrated affection.
"Will you promise me?" said the mother.
"No," answered Boy.
Mrs. Woodburn tried to rise, but the girl held her down.
"Sit down, mother, please. You never come and see me up here."
Her eyes devoured her mother's face hungrily and with unlaughing eyes.
"Kiss me, mother," she ordered.