"No! No! No! Does that satisfy you?"
"Well, partially. Guess I'll have to ask Inez the same question."
Judith smiled and shrugged her shoulders. Douglas went on.
"I'll bet if you could get the truth out of Inez, Judith, you'd find her suffering torments because she can't marry."
"Can't marry? Why can't Inez marry?" demanded Judith belligerently.
"Because no decent man would marry her," returned Douglas flatly.
Judith laughed. "You poor old male, you! Will you kindly tell me what man in this valley you consider more decent than Inez?"
"I'm decent," said Douglas, flushing, but not the less firmly.
Judith's eyes softened. "You've kept that promise, Doug?"
"Yes," briefly. "And I wouldn't have a woman like Inez if she was as beautiful as Cleopatra and as rich as Hetty Green!"