“I mean the dangers from—I'm ashamed in my soul to say it—the dangers from men.”
She shot up a quick glance into his face and said in a moment, “You saw us, didn't you?”
“Yes, I saw you, and I didn't like your choice of company.”
She dropped her head demurely and said, “The man?”
John hesitated. “I was speaking of the girl. I don't like the freedom with which she carries herself in this house. Among these good and devoted women is there no one but this—this——?”
Glory's lower lip began to show its inner side. “She's bright and lively, that's all I care.”
“But it's not all I care, Glory, and if such men as that are her friends outside——”
Glory's head went up. “What is it to me who are her friends outside?”
“Everything, if you allow yourself to meet them again.”
“Well,” doggedly, “I am going to meet them again. I'm going to the Nurses' Ball on Tuesday.”