"I'll tell you. But you'll never peep?"
"Cross my heart to die!"
"She's been so brave, and I'm a coward."
"That you're not, by Jingo!"
"Let me explain. She couldn't stand conditions that weren't suited to her. At nineteen, she rebelled. I'm not going to say that she didn't also do wrong. But she was so young. While I—I have gone on and on, knowing in my secret heart——" She choked, and could not finish.
"I understand, Sue. It's a blamed shame! And you can't stop now——"
"I shall go with mother."
"Well, if you find that young woman you give her as much of that five thousand as you want to. And if you need more——"
"Oh, you dear, old, fat thing!"
He put his arm about her. She leaned her forehead against his shoulder.