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 S. A knight sans peur, indeed! But a task you’ve undertaken beyond that of any fairy champion I ever read of. And so you come to us to arm you, and advise? Well, I fear you will not succeed, even with our help.

N. I flatly decline to enlist in any such quixotic attempt. Really, Mr. Van Cott, you are asking too much if you expect us to believe there is no ground for all the stories about your friend.

V. C. Stories? Slanders! And who, of all of us, is free from the poison which exudes from the very pores of some reptiles in society. Get the facts beyond dispute before you condemn one of your own sisterhood. You do not know how soon you yourself may be shunned as if possessed of some horrid disease!

N. I declare, sir!

Jane, he is right! And Schuyler, let me congratulate you on your eloquence. You have won the first skirmish, for you have persuaded me to come over to your side.

N. But not me! I shall not speak to her * * *

V. C. (advancing to meet her). Oh! Mrs. Barron. So even you cannot resist the insidious fascination of a cup of tea!

It is not only the tea that allures me here and fascinates me.

Do not turn his head any further, Violet, it will be twisted off.