"I don't know what you mean by 'give you up.'"
"Last winter and spring you were always with me."
"I'm awfully sorry if I damaged your reputation in any way."
"It isn't only my reputation you damaged, Jerry."
"Look here, Althea, this is foolish kind of talk for us to be indulging in. There was never anything between us but a mild flirtation, and we both know it."
"How cruel men are!" she replied tragically.
"Aren't they?" he laughed. "You ought to get them all transported to Mars; then you would have a perfect world, for woman's delectation. You know Mr. Chatfield, don't you, Miss Morton? Chat, she holds a brief on man's inhumanity to woman. Jane is calling me, so I leave you as my proxy. Defend us, Chat!"
He bowed and sauntered off. As he came to the tea table Bobs remarked:
"I see dear Althy is with us. Some nerve—what?"
"Oh, no—a forgiving nature. You never did her justice."