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"Then why don't you act the part of a man, and go to him yourself?
Why, in this, do you prefer hiding behind the skirts of a woman?"
Farnham laughed grimly, in no way embarrassed by the query.
"Good Lord, Lizzie! I 've been to him, all right, but the fellow is
like a stubborn mule. He has n't got but one selling-out price, so far
as I can learn, and that chances to be Beth Norvell. You see the
point? Well, that's exactly why I came here to-night. I wanted to be
able to tender him the goods."
For a moment her eyes remained pitifully pleading; then they suddenly
appeared to harden into resolute defiance. As though moving in a
dream, she arose slowly to her feet, taking a single step away from him
toward the closed door.
"As I have already explained," she paused to say coldly, "Mr. Winston
is no more to me than any other gentleman whom I may have chanced to
meet in friendship. I have not the faintest reason to suppose I could
influence his decision in any matter appertaining to his professional
work.


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