He had heard himself called a traitor.

He had smiled grimly on being described as a satyr! When words and breath at last failed the stalwart Braden, the old gentleman, looking keenly out from beneath his shaggy brows, and without the slightest trace of resentment in his manner, suggested that they leave the matter to Anne.
"If she really wants you, my boy, she'll chuck me and my two-million- dollar purse out of the window, so to speak, and she'll marry you in spite of your poverty.

If she does that, I'll be satisfied.

I'll step down and out and I'll praise God for his latest miracle.

If she looks at it from the other point of view,--the perfectly safe and secure way, you understand,--and confirms her allegiance to me, I'll still be exceedingly happy in the consciousness that I've done you a good turn.