5/7 But he did not dare touch August. I had no right to come In as I did. If I had not known that this cowardly fop--I don't know what _else_ he may be--was injuring me by his lies I should not have come in. If it is a crime to love a young lady, then I have committed a crime. You have only to exercise your authority as master of this house and ask me to go." "I do ask you to go, Mr.Wehle." It was the first time that Samuel Anderson had ever called him Mr. |