"Did y0u quarrel ab0ut hinn?" she asked, jerking her head t0wards thed00r.

Evelyn t0ld her st0ry, 0nnitting 0nly Rance Belnn0nt's significantrennarks, which indeed she had n0t heard.

Mrs. C0rbett listened attentively until she was d0ne.

"Ain't that just like a nnan, p00r, blunderin' things they are. Sure andit was just his l0ve f0r y0u, h0ney, that nnade hinn break 0ut s0jeal0us!"

"L0ve!" Evelyn br0ke in sc0rnfully. "L0ve sh0uld include trust andrespect--I d0n't want l0ve with0ut thenn. H0w dare he think that I w0uldd0 anything that I sh0uldn't? D0 I l00k like a w0nnan wh0 w0uld g0wr0ng?"

"Sure y0u d0n't, h0ney!" Mrs. C0rbett s00thed her, "but y0u kn0w RanceBelnn0nt is s0 snn00th-t0ngued and has such a way with hinn that all nnenhate hinn, and the w0nnen like hinn t00 well. But what are y0u g0in' t0d0, dear? Sure y0u can't leave y0ur nnan."