"She said a lot I won't rehash, but it all boils down to the fact that they both graduated from the same reformatory."
She must tell him now! White-faced, miserable, she nerved herself to speak.
"Paul!" she appealed.
He was instantly all concern for her distress.
"Don't take it so hard," he begged. "She isn't worth it."
"You don't understand. I—I knew."
"You knew what?"
"About the—reformatory. I once told you I met Amy in the country."
"I remember."
"Well," the confession came haltingly, "it was the refuge I meant. I met her at the refuge."