"She's got a better chance."
"A better chance? I shouldn't have backed her chance against Miss Holland's."
"It is better. She doesn't get so mixed up with people. If she were to——"
He waited.
"She'd go with a rush, in one piece, and either die or come out of it all right. Whereas Jane——"
He waited breathlessly.
"Jane would be torn to tatters, inch by inch."
Nicholson felt a curious constriction across his chest. His throat dried as he spoke again.
"What do you think would tear her most?"
"Oh, if she married."