14/31 Where did you find that cut-glass thing ?" "Rosalie gave it to me." "What is in it ?" "I don't know--creme de something or other." Kathleen took the girl's tightly clasped hands in hers: "Geraldine, you've got to be square to Duane. You can't marry him until you cleanse yourself, until you scour yourself free of this terrible inclination for stimulants." "H-how can I? Let sufficient time elapse----" "How long? It ought not to be difficult for you to dominate this silly weakness. Your will-power is scarcely tainted. |