"Ruth, it helps a lot to have someone who has confidence in you. Especially when that someone is one in whom you are interested—someone whom you think of as a real friend."
"I am glad on your account that you landed this big job, and I am pleased that you will show Mr. Stover and McBryan that you can succeed without any of their help and in spite of them."
"Ruth, I received a shock when I got off the train tonight."
"Did you touch a live wire?"
"No, worse than that. I heard of your affidavit in the paper, and I couldn't believe it until I got the paper and read it."
"You shouldn't be shocked at a little thing like that."
"I was afraid that you would be subjected to adverse criticism and that Stover would make it unpleasant for you at the bank."
"He wasn't any too well pleased. He wanted to know why I did it. I told him I did it for fun; that I had no intention of injuring the Klan. He said that he did not care how much it hurt the Klan."
"Oh, he didn't! That shows a lack of principle at which I am not surprised."
"Mr. Stover has been good to me and was always a good friend of father's, but he has certainly done and said some things of which I cannot approve. These things have caused me to lose confidence in him to some extent, but, Harold, I can't help but believe that he thought that the only chance to secure the city job for you was to induce you to give up the Klan and that he really believes that it is a bad organization."