“And I don't like to use it. But I know how it is. You're afraid that the brunt of it will come on ME. She'll think you're all right, but I'm all wrong because I agree with you.”
“Something like that.”
“Well, now, I'm not afraid of anything she can say; and what could she do? She can't part us, unless you let her, and then I should let her, too.”
“But what's the hurry? What's the need of doing it right off?”
“Because it's a deceit not to do it. It's a lie!”
“I don't see it in that light. I might change my mind, and still go on and study law.”
“You know you never will. Now, Jeff! Why do you act so?”
Jeff did not answer at once. He walked beside her with a face of trouble that became one of resolve in the set jaws. “I guess you're right, Cynthy. She's got to know the worst, and the sooner she knows it the better.”
“Yes!”
He had another moment of faltering. “You don't want I should talk it over with Mr. Westover?”