It was the deed of a man.

But Mrs.Hoden isn't the only unfortunate woman in the world.

I, too, am unfortunate.
Ah, how I may soon need a friend! "Vaughn Steele, the man whom I need most to be my friend--want most to lean upon--is the one whose duty is to stab me to the heart, to ruin me.

You! Will you be my friend?
If you knew Diane Sampson you would know she would never ask you to be false to your duty.

Be true to us both! I'm so alone--no one but Sally loves me.