"Oh, don't you see--he's trying to protect me," she said wearily.

She turned to the young man.

"It's no use, Mr.Beresford." Beresford's air of flippancy vanished.
"I see," he said.

He turned to the other, frankly.

"Well, the plain truth is--I didn't know the situation and I thought I'd play safe for Miss Ogden's sake." Miss Cornelia moved over to her niece protectingly.