My mother has
been used to it--we cannot bear to lose it."
He bent toward the young girl as he said the words, and as Faith saw the
eagerness in his face, a great wave of pity surged up within her.
He was thoughtless, even wicked, but he was not altogether to blame. The
very luxury that he craved was responsible for it.
"I would like to help you if I could," she said very gently, "but you
surely would not have me go against my own conscience."
"No, I don't know that I would," said young Denton slowly, "for if you
did you would not be what you are just now, the embodiment of all that
is best and sweetest in woman."
CHAPTER XXXI.
MAG BRADY'S ARREST.
There was no mistaking young Denton's words or looks. Faith could not
have been a woman and not understood their meaning.
For a second her lids fell in a tell-tale manner, and her cheeks paled
and reddened with each alternating emotion.
She knew she must resent the young man's words at once, but her
confusion of the moment rendered her powerless to do so.
Suddenly a thought of Maggie Brady flitted across her brain. It gave her
strength and courage to resist the spell that was upon her.
"Your words are not sincere, I am afraid, Mr. Denton," she managed to
say.
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