"Yes, perhaps so. Still——"
"Don't you think somebody ought to have called Corcoran down?"
"Of course he was unfair and—and rude."
"Rude!" interrupted her brother scornfully, "he was contemptible, outrageous!"
"I know it. But——"
"If fewer people stood for brutes there would be fewer brutes in the world."
"It isn't our business to round Corcoran up."
"It is my business to stop any man who is impolite to a woman," replied Hal. "Besides, Corcoran knew well enough he was wrong. You notice he did not put up any defense. He just walked off and has never mentioned the affair since."
"That is what frightens me."
"What do you mean?"