"No!" he cried.
"You did. You know you did…. How long have you known this thing and kept it from those who should be told?"
"Who should be told?"
"Kathryn."
"No!"
"But I say yes!" She went on, almost fiercely: "Do you think I'll have my sister—the sister whom I love better than anyone in the whole world— fooled and shamed and disgraced and dishonored by a man like that?"
He raised his hand, protestingly.
"You wouldn't tell her!" he cried.
She nodded, jaw set.
"I would," she declared.