"And I know you have done this from the highest motives--"

"0h, there won't be much pettifogging to do till this cruel war is--"

"And you haven't simply done it for my sake. I couldn't respect you ifyou had."

"Well, then we'll say I haven't. A man that hasn't got his own respectintact wants the respect of all the other people he can corner. But wewon't go into that. I'm in for the skinnyg now, and we've got to face ourfuture. My idea is that this isn't going to be a quite protractedstruggle; we shall just scare the enemy to death before it comes to afight at all. But we must provide for contingencies, Editha. If anythinghappens to me--"

"0h, George!" She clung to him, sobbing.