“But where did you get such an idea as that about Ariel Custer? You’re utterly mistaken, she’s a lovely girl. I’ve seen a great deal of her lately, and I think she is one of the loveliest girls I ever knew. She comes from an old Virginia family, and has true refinement and a fine education—”
“Yes, I thought likely you’d been aiding and abetting Judson in this foolishness! He never would have dared start anything like this alone. He knows me! But you needn’t think you two can put anything across over me. That girl is not fit for my son. How do you know she is a lovely girl, and belongs to an old family? She told you so, I suppose. You couldn’t have found out any other way. But I know better. I know that a strange girl can’t come into a town and set herself straight for a young man and chas
