It will give you time to think it all over and know your own mind--" "I know my mind now, and yet--I don't want to go away." "-- and it will give Burrell a chance to prove himself.

He'll either show that he has got to have you at any cost, or that you are right in your decision.

If the first should happen, you can come back to him; if the last--why, it will be better for you, anyhow.

As long as you stay here neither one of you can see clearly." She was touched by his interest, and realized the force of his argument, which, strange to say, seemed to second her own thoughts; yet she hesitated.
"I want to help you--I'm going to help you--because I've got an interest in you like you were mine." Again he betrayed that strange, mirthless amusement.
"There is no place for me to go," said Necia, blankly, "except the Mission, and I have no way of getting there." "Don't you worry.

I'll furnish the means, and you'd better go to-night"-- she flinched--"yes, to-night; there's no use prolonging your agony.