"He saved his own at the same time."
"Well," said Bel, exasperatingly, "I wish Mr. Hemstead and all who heard the fine speeches about your 'kind, generous heart' could hear you now."
"I wish they could," said Lottie, recklessly. "They couldn't have a worse opinion of me than I have of myself."
"But what do you intend to do about Mr. Hemstead."
"I don't intend to do anything about him. I half wish I had never seen him."
"That you can trifle with him after what has happened to-night is something that I did not think, even of you, Lottie Marsden."
"I haven't said I was going to 'trifle with him.' He's a man you can't trifle with. The best thing I can do is to let him alone."
"That is just what I think."
"Very well then, go to sleep and be quiet."
"How long are you going to sit 'mooning' there?"