Ruth or Susan--as if it didn't matter which! "Susan isn't _ours_," she could not refrain from saying.
"Indeed, she is!" retorted George warmly.

"Why, she couldn't be more our own----" "Yes, certainly," interrupted Fanny.
She moved toward the door.

She saw that without revealing her entire scheme--hers and Ruth's--she could make no headway with George.

And if she did reveal it he would sternly veto it.

So she gave up that direction.