Potter seems to be a general favorite." He saw the apprehension once more creep into the girl's eyes and noticed the little tremor in her voice as she said, "You have heard of it?
Of course, you would.

What do you mean to do ?" "Nothing," and Courthorne smiled reassuringly.

"Why should I do anything?
After all, I owe you a little reparation.

Silence is easy and in our case, I think, advisable.

Presumably you are as fond of the worthy Potter as you were of me, and there is no doubt that he is considerably more deserving of affection." His good-humored acquiescence was in one respect almost brutal, and the girl winced under it, in spite of her evident relief.
"Lance," she said, with a curious forceful gravity, "Frank Potter is such a man as you could never be.