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I discovered him before you did, anyway.

And what I want to do is to have a frank, honourable--" "A--what ?" "-- An honourable understanding with you, I said," he repeated, reddening.
"Oh!" She snapped her cigarette into the grate.

"Oh! I see.

And what then ?" "What then ?" "Yes; what then ?" "Why, you and I can arrange to stand behind him this winter in town, can't we ?" "And then ?" "Then--damn it!--the beggar can show his gratitude, can't he ?" "How ?" she asked listlessly.
"By making good.