“Ihavereasonsforbeingafraid，“shesaid。“OnethatIcan’tgive；andonethatIcan。SupposeBlancheheardofwhatyouhavedone？Thelongeryoustayhere——themorepeopleyousee——themorechancethereisthatshe_might_hearofit。“
“Andwhatifshedid？“askedArnold，inhisownstraightforwardway。“Doyouthinkshewouldbeangrywithmeformakingmyselfusefulto_you？_“
“Yes，“rejoinedAnne，sharply，“ifshewasjealousofme。“
Arnold’sunlimitedbeliefinBlancheexpresseditself，withouttheslightestcompromise，intwowords：
“That’simpossible!“