"We have had enough fooling," he said sternly. "Let the woman earn her money in some other way than this."
He would have retired with the children at once, had not the gentleman stepped quickly before him, barring his progress.
"You are disposed to be insolent," he said, with a slight quivering of the lips. "Do you not know how to pay respect to a lady?"
"I know what is due to myself," replied Seth quietly. "I simply wish not to be molested."
"You are a stranger about here?"
"I am here by chance; I have no knowledge of the place."
"Nor of me?"
"Nor of you--and," he added, his temper mastering his judgment, "I wish to have none. You are a gentleman, and I----"
"Am not."
"You have answered for me. I see no reason to repine at the difference in our positions."