I wish it were all a terrible mistake, but it isn't.

And that was not the first time that Badges had reeled out of Connelly's far into the night, drunk.

He is given to just such drunken debauches." Winnie Lee's heart seemed to have turned to lead in her bosom.

She was cold from head to feet, except that in her cheeks bright spots burned.
Her father looked at her with anguished eyes.

He noted the pallor and the hectic spots.
"Winnie, I can't let you throw yourself away on such a fellow as Buck Badger! You must put him out of your thoughts.