"You left him alone to go with another man, Miss Parker.

For all he knew you might be--be runnin' off to be married, or somethin'.

So he come to where he had a friend, that's all.

And what if he did?
He can get married, if he wants to, can't he?
I'd like to know who'd stop him.

He's over twenty-one, I guess." This speech was too much for Emily; she laughed aloud.