“Every man,” began Katherine, “should have a guardian to protect him.”
“From women?”
“From all things that are deceptive, and not what they seem.”
“That sounds very sententious, Kate. What does it mean?”
“It means that man is a simpleton, easily taken in. He is too honest for crafty women, who delude him shamelessly.”
“Whom have you been deluding, Kate?”
“Dorothy, I am a sneak.”
Dorothy laughed.
“Indeed, Katherine, you are anything but that. You couldn’t do a mean or ungenerous action if you tried your best.”
“You think, Dorothy, I could reform?” she asked, breathlessly, leaning forward.