I wish I were dead!" "There is only one thing to do--never to touch anything--anything----" "Y-yes, I know that I must not.

But how was I to know before?
Will you tell me ?" "You understand _now_, thank God!" "N-not exactly....

Other girls seem to do as they please without danger....

It is amazing that such a horrible thing should happen to me----" "It is a shameful thing that it should happen to any woman.

And the horror of it is that almost every hostess in town lets girls of your age run the risk.