Wolf in Man's Clothing
““Oh, yes, it’s perfectly true,” said Craig quietly. “She loved him. There’s no other explanation for it. I didn’t blame her. How could I? It’s nothing you can help or do anything about. Love, I mean. I knew Drue. No cheap emotion would have made her do it. It was the real thing.”
“But Nicky!” I gasped, incredulous.
He smiled a little. “That’s another thing about love; you don’t choose. If you’re in love and it’s the wrong man or the wrong woman, still you can’t help it.”
“N-nonsense,” I exclaim...ed, rallying a little. “Of course you can help it! You can nip it in the bud! You can—why, that’s a very immoral statement!”
He shook his head a little. “They went away together. Only a little while after she became my wife. It’s been Nicky all along; only he wouldn’t marry her because of the money. My father was grateful enough to Nicky for breaking up our—the marriage …” He said it swiftly. “He paid Nicky regularly for that, all this time.MoreLess
“But Nicky!” I gasped, incredulous.
He smiled a little. “That’s another thing about love; you don’t choose. If you’re in love and it’s the wrong man or the wrong woman, still you can’t help it.”
“N-nonsense,” I exclaim...ed, rallying a little. “Of course you can help it! You can nip it in the bud! You can—why, that’s a very immoral statement!”
He shook his head a little. “They went away together. Only a little while after she became my wife. It’s been Nicky all along; only he wouldn’t marry her because of the money. My father was grateful enough to Nicky for breaking up our—the marriage …” He said it swiftly. “He paid Nicky regularly for that, all this time.MoreLess
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