"I did not--want to." "Well, the thing which concerns you now is--he can't be regarded as a possibility for you." "Possibility ?" echoed Margaret.
"Just that, exactly.

I'm not sure of your thoughts on the matter, but it's time I knew them.

Holt is a ne'er-do-well.

He's gone to the bad, like so many of these army boys.

No nice girl will ever associate with him again." "Then I'm not nice, for I will," declared Margaret, spiritedly.
"You will persist in your friendship for him in the face of my objection ?" "Certainly I will if I have any say about it.