“To forgive me and never say anything about it.”
“But tell me what it is!”
“Besides, you are the one that’s in the wrong—”
“Speak, or I’ll go away.”
“There’s no one but you that can get me out of the scrape—and it was you that got me into it.”
“Come, come.”
“It’s about—”
“About—”
“About Justine!”
“Don’t speak of her, she’s discharged. I won’t see her again, her style of conduct exposes your reputation—”