"You just be careful of what you say, Doug Spencer!" "Careful! Why should
I be careful. You aren't careful!"
"I'm a whole lot better than you, at that! If it's so smart for you to do all these things, why isn't it for me?"
"A woman has to be good. It's her job to be good. If she isn't good in a cattle country like this, everything goes to pieces."
"It's a wonder you men don't set us women an example," said Judith coolly.
"Don't I try to keep you straight?"
"Yeh! A wonderful example you set me!"
Douglas' voice broke with anger. "Don't talk like a fool! The world isn't like that! The women have to be good. The men want 'em to be, no matter how hard they try to make the women bad. And the more you care for a girl, the more you want her to be perfect."
"The world is plumb loco and you with it!"
"You're as cold as a dead rabbit!" exclaimed Doug,
Judith laughed mirthlessly. "Yes, I'm cold! I'm as cold as fire!" And suddenly she put her head down on her knees and burst into tears.