The world at large has heard that the problem of the South is the protection of the white woman. There is another woman in the South.
CHAPTER X.
Arabelle Seabright.
"Arabelle, I am not going to have a thing to do with this whole matter. Suppose the bottom falls out and we are detected. Just imagine my fate."
"Detected?" hissed Mrs. Arabelle Seabright, turning a scornful gaze upon her husband. "You talk as though we have committed or are about to commit some crime. You just stay in your place, please, and leave matters to me."
"Do you mean to tell me that I need not meet the man?" asked Mr. Seabright eagerly.
"Yes!" replied Mrs. Seabright.