You see--" "I don't like to see," growled Harwood.

"It's an ugly idea." And then, with sudden scorn for Thatcher's views on man's frailty, he said with emphasis: "Now, Allen, it's all right for you to talk to me about Marian, and your wish to marry her; but don't mix scandal up in it.

I'm not for that.

I don't want to hear any stories of that kind about Bassett.

Politics is rotten enough at best without tipping over the garbage can to find arguments.