Yet if he gets an inkling of my real attitude he'll be off forever.

He is as proud as Lucifer about some things, and would be quick as a flash if his suspicions were aroused.

Even the belief that I am humoring Arnault for papa's sake tests his loyalty greatly.

If I have to refuse him at last I shall be placed in an odious light.

The idiots! why can't they find out whether Henry Muir is going to fail or not! That horrid Madge Alden is not his sister, and knows it, and she is gaining time to make impressions.