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[Dryly]

So I’ve observed.

[Thinking with angry anguish]

He hurts, damn him!

No, you don’t know! More’n ever now! More’n ever!

[The secret escaping him]

I saw you kissing Mother! I saw Mother, too!

[Startled, but immediately forcing a smile]

But I was saying good-bye. We’re old friends. You know that.

You can’t fool me! This was different!

[Explosively]

It would serve you good and right—and Mother, too—if I was to tell Dad on you!

Why, I’m Sam’s oldest friend. Don’t make a little fool of yourself!

You are not his friend. You’ve always been hanging around cheating him—hanging around Mother!

Keep still! What do you mean cheating him?