“You.”
“Oh!” She was dismayed.
“I don’t mean it in any insulting sense. His affections and yours don’t work in the same way.”
“I don’t understand.”
“That’s it.”
“I do understand more than you think, Mr. Kilner. If a feller wants to leave a girl, I say she’s a fool to try and keep him. I don’t believe Renny’s that sort. I don’t believe he’d see a girl left.”
“He’s done it once.”
“Oh! Her! That’s different. She wasn’t fond of him like I am.”
“You don’t know.”
“Don’t I? Besides, she was one of your ladies. I’m sorry for them, always keeping one eye lifting on what other ladies are going to think.”