are, I feel responsible for you. All this is very serious. You are young, and you have no experience."

Susan standing three feet away with lowered head, heard me out deferentially, although she knows quite well that I am six months her junior, and that it is hardly a year since I began to look after my own affairs. She simply said:

Susan standing three feet away with lowered head, heard me out deferentially, although she knows quite well that I am six months her junior, and that it is hardly a year since I began to look after my own affairs. She simply said:

"Yes, Miss."

"Yes, Miss."

"Susan, look at me. Don't hang your head. Is this man respectable?"

"Susan, look at me. Don't hang your head. Is this man respectable?"

"Oh, yes, Miss!"

"Oh, yes, Miss!"

"He says so himself, no doubt. But the world's full of very strange people. Who is he? Where does he come from? What is his name?"

"He says so himself, no doubt. But the world's full of very strange people. Who is he? Where does he come from? What is his name?"

Susan hung her head again, and did not answer. I saw that she had something to hide, so I tried another way.

Susan hung her head again, and did not answer. I saw that she had something to hide, so I tried another way.

"How far has it gone?"

"How far has it gone?"

"Well, Miss," she faltered after a pause. "He--he's asked me."

"Well, Miss," she faltered after a pause. "He--he's asked me."

"When?"

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