"Yet just as sincerely I wish you did not deem it necessary to remain for even that brief length of time.

It is a shock to me to realize your intimate association with such depraved characters.

You are surely aware that my purse remains at your disposal, if you will only cut the whole thing." She lifted her eyes reproachfully to his face.
"Yes, I know; and possibly you are justified according to your code for feeling in that way.

But I do not believe I am becoming in the least contaminated by evil associations, nor do I feel any lowering of moral ideals.

I am doing what I imagine to be right under the circumstances, and have already given you my final decision, as well as my reason for it.