For the sake of argument, let us say I am a Rogue.

What is Mr.
Huxtable ?" "A respectable man, or I should not have seen him in the house where we first met." "Very good.

Now observe! You talked of writing to Mr.Huxtable a minute ago.

What do you think a respectable man is likely to do with a young lady who openly acknowledges that she has run away from her home and her friends to go on the stage?
My dear girl, on your own showing, it's not a respectable man you want in your present predicament.

It's a Rogue--like me." Magdalen laughed, bitterly.
"There is some truth in that," she said.