"I am listening, sir," she answered, a trifle uneasily.
"Very well, then. Don't you think women should try to make men better?"
"Yes."
"And to reduce their temptations?"
"Yes."
"Then, for instance, if you had a loaf of bread you did not need and knew a man was starving for it, would n't you rather give it to him than have him steal it and be responsible for the sin?"
"Yes," said Bessie, "I would, undoubtedly."
"Ah," exclaimed Moore, happily, "then if I tell you I am starving for a kiss and feel afraid I may steal it, you will give me one to put me out of temptation?"
"On the contrary, I shall request you to cease talking nonsense, and suggest that you had better sit down."
"I will, if it pleases you," replied Moore, smiling sweetly at the girl, as he resumed the chair from which he had risen in his eagerness a moment before.