"It's so horrid. It's shocking. It's not to be thought of."
"But why not?" asked Dacres.
"Why, it's—it's so horrid," said Mrs. Willoughby.
Dacres stood looking at her for a long time.
"Kitty," said he at last.
Mrs. Willoughby looked up.
Dacres looked all around. He then took her hand.
"Isn't it too bad," he said, "to let Minnie—"
"What?"
"To let her go through this ordeal alone?"