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"I'M very sorry, Mrs. Case," he began, but she interrupted him.
"That's all right," she said, "you would be, caught as you were, and I'm not worrying about what's past. It's the girl's fault as much as your own, and natural enough on both sides, with small blame to either of you. It's the days and nights to come I'm thinking of. A man with a wife away is bound to be kissing some girl, and if it's not one it will be another, so another it shall be. We've trouble enough in our family, and it will be some other than my Monica that you philander with from now on. I'm not blaming you, Mr. Overbeck, you understand, but the way it is, with you a married man, I'll just ask you to find another room, and take temptation out of harm's way."