Somehow or other his reputation as a hardened and unassailable bachelor had won for him during the last few years a comparative immunity from attentions on the part of those women with whom he had been brought into contact. "You'll pardon an old woman, Miss Enschede," said Sister Prudence; "but where in this world did you get that dress?" Ruth picked up both sides of the skirt and spread it, looking down. ‘For instance, why have you reverted to your nun’s habit for this particular adventure?’ ‘That is easy. ” “A man does,” said Manning—“a true man, anyhow. Of this I'm certain, however, she was much too good for him, and was never meant to be a journeyman carpenter's wife, still less what is she now. I have neither father, mother, brother, sister, nor husband—I have only him. I'll have to put some pep into the game— American pep. But threats and entreaties—even promises were ineffectual; and the unlucky captive, after exhausting his powers of persuasion, was compelled to give up the point. "I'm going back for Ruth. There was no reason why she shouldn’t be his restrained and dignified friend.
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