try to do good with the money when I had it, and

anyhow

, Billy is

going to get well."

And, after all, that was the one thing that really mattered, though of

course Billy would always despise her. He would be quite right, too,

the girl thought humbly.

But the conventionalities of life are more powerful than even youthful

cynicism and youthful heart-break. Prior to devoting herself to a

loveless life and the commonplaces of the stoic's tub, Miss Hugonin