Oftentimes at night, sitting in his embraces on the deck, she spoke to him tenderly and sadly: "Mind me as an older sister of yours.

I have lived, I know men.

I have seen a great deal in my life! Choose your companions with care, for there are people just as contagious as a disease.

At first you cannot tell them even when you see them; he looks to be a man like everybody else, and, suddenly, without being aware of it yourself, you will start to imitate him in life.

You look around--and you find that you have contracted his scabs.