Hush the breath of gossip and scandal.Conform.Play the game! Do right--be strong!" She only shook her head; and now he saw the glister of tear-drops in those beautiful gray eyes.
"Father," cried she, standing up and holding out both hands to him.
"Have mercy on me! I can't--I can't! My heart refuses and I cannot force it.

All this--what is it to me ?" She swept her hand at the glowing luxury around her.

"Without love, what would such another home be to me?
Worse than a prison-cell, I swear! A living death, to one like me! Barter and sale--cold calculation--oh, horrible prostitution, horrible, unspeakable! "Poverty, with love--yes, I would choose it.

Without love, I never, never can give myself! Never, as long as I live!" The Billionaire, too, stood up.

He was shaking, now, as in a palsy, striving to control his rage.