We have a good many enemies, you and I, Winnie--many who would only be too pleased and eager to rake up that unfortunate episode.

And I, for one, have no desire to figure in a criminal dock." "Nor have I," she declared quickly.
"But if I went there you would certainly accompany me," he said, looking straight at her.
"What!" she gasped in quick dismay.

"You would tell the truth and--and denounce me ?" "I would not; but no doubt there are others who would," was his answer.
For a few moments her arched brows were knit, and she remained silent.
Her reflections were uneasy ones.

She and the man at her side, who for years had been her confidant and friend, were both in imminent peril of exposure.

Their relations had always been purely platonic; therefore she was not afraid of any allegation against her honour.