It arose purely from principle on her part; she had come to the limit which the average mind sets to the evil it will commit.

She deceived and cajoled the boy without scruple, but she did not allow him to break the law.

She remembered that he had parents who valued his good name more than he had as yet learned to value it.

He was young; he was in her power; and she declined his further help.
Christa had wandered down the grass to the river-side and stood there pouting meanwhile..