is a bit thick!\" she said. \"You find yourself in a hole, and you're attempting to climb out on my shoulders! I think a lot of you, my friend, but...\"
\"Oh, leave me out of it,\" he said earnestly. \"I'm not thinking of myself so much as of the Varick family. I hate the idea of starting an unnecessary scandal at their expense. And with death in the house at that. Why, the reputation of a grand old family like that is like a
is a bit thick!\" she said. \"You find yourself in a hole, and you're attempting to climb out on my shoulders! I think a lot of you, my friend, but...\"
\"Oh, leave me out of it,\" he said earnestly. \"I'm not thinking of myself so much as of the Varick family. I hate the idea of starting an unnecessary scandal at their expense. And with death in the house at that. Why, the reputation of a grand old family like that is like a
