He looked startled at this heresy against the great Credo of Man's-Ideal-Woman.
"Good Lord!... You have changed!" he said, in blank dismay. "It doesn't seem to be you talking...."
"It's a 'me' that you don't know, perhaps...."
"I certainly don't know this side of you."
"It isn't a side of me—it's the core of me."
They were both silent again. Loring was the first to take it up.
"Look here ... have you spoken to Judge Macon and your sister about all this?"
"Yes."
He reddened angrily.
"A pleasant position for me, isn't it?"