"Why not?"
"Oh, the old reason," he answered, with a look of weary pain.
"What is that?"
She craned her head forward.
"You have to ask?"
"I have to ask."
"I love her."
"And don't you know—" Her loyalty to Val stopped her. "Why don't you tell her?"
"I have."
"Then, why aren't you— What's the trouble?"