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Philippa started forward with the instinct of a mother defending her child. She burned to stand between her David and the danger that threatened him. They should not take him away, they should not cast a slur upon his good name. Surely no man or woman in the possession of their senses could imagine that David was capable of doing this thing. He seemed to grasp something of what was passing through her mind as he put her gently on one side.
"You cannot do anything, my dear girl," he said. "Don't make it any worse for me than it is."