Selby ?" "Know all about him.

Fine fellow.

But he's got a wife; and I told him, as a friend, he'd better sheer off from Laura.

I reckon he thought better of it and did." But Philip was not long in learning the truth.

Courted as Laura was by a certain class and still admitted into society, that, nevertheless, buzzed with disreputable stories about her, she had lost character with the best people.