"You mean Tom Fairing!" Her eyes blazed.

"You are quite right--I did not need you.

Tom Fairing is a man that all the world trusts save you." "Kathleen!" The words were almost a cry.

"For God's sake! I have never thought of 'trusting' men where you are concerned.

I believe in no man"-- his voice had a sharp bitterness, though his face was smooth and unemotional--"but I trust you, and believe in you.