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Rh you stopped so suddenly as I came up?" he demanded.

"Do you want to know?"

"Please."

"Well then—frankly—the impropriety, if not the—the—"

"Danger?"

"Yes—the danger of—of taking up with and—"

"And trusting?"

"And trusting persons whom one cannot—sufficiently know."

"I thought that was it. And you were disagreeing—"

"About what constitutes sufficient knowledge of a person, and the methods in which such sufficient knowledge can be gained."

"Yes. Now, I know Mr. Dunneston's ideas on those subjects; but what position did you take, Miss Varris?" the American asked directly.

"About what constitutes sufficient and proper knowledge of one?"

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