"What are they to you?
They are not your children." "No, they are not my children, but they are my man's, and I must keep them for him.

He would not like men to sleep in the same room with us." "What can harm them here?
I will come myself and be their protector," cried the chivalrous Rosenblatt.

"And see, here is the very thing! We will make for them a bed in this snug little closet.

It is most fortunate, and they will be quite comfortable." Still in Paulina's slow-moving mind lingered some doubt as to the propriety of the suggested arrangement.

"But why should men come in here?
I do not need the money.