"Yes, but I can't tell him."
"It's the straight thing, Kitty."
"I know. But it means giving him up."
"Not at all. He'll respect you all the more for it. He won't go back on you."
"He wouldn't if he'd only himself to think of."
"He isn't bound to tell his people. That's another thing."
"It isn't his people—it's—it's his children."
Marston became suddenly attentive. "His children? He's got children, has he?"
"Yes, two; two little girls."
That strengthened his point.