You let me go on with Joe as before, and he'll never see these papers." With a sudden fierce impulse, in spite of herself, Ethel crumpled them up in her hands.
"Don't be a fool," said Fanny.

"They're only copies.

Give them back." Ethel did so, mechanically.

"Now what will you do?
Which way will you have it?
He may be here any minute now." She waited, but got no reply.

She saw the girl shiver a little.
"What's the use of being so solemn and scared ?" she impatiently asked.
"You're running no more risk than before.