Tattle generally gets ahead of fact.' 'It is monstrous!' burst from the young man.

'They are taking advantage of her innocence.

She is a child.

Why do they educate girls like that?
I should say, how can they leave them so uneducated?
In an ideal world it would be all very well, but see what comes of it here?
She is walking with her eyes open into horrors and curses, and understands as little of what awaits her as a lamb led to butchery.

Do you stand by and say nothing ?' 'It surprises me that you are so affected,' remarked the vicar quietly.
'No doubt.