"It OUGHT to have been.

I wish it had"-- She stopped, and again regarded him with a strange expression.
"Well," she said slowly, "what are you going to do ?" "To find out the scoundrel who has done this," he said firmly, "and punish him as he deserves." The almost imperceptible shrug that had raised her shoulders gave way as she regarded him with a look of wearied compassion.
"No," she said, gravely, "you cannot.

They're too many for you.

You must go away, at once." "Never," he said indignantly.

"Even if it were not a cowardice.