"And turn you out of your own house? No, Roger. I cannot do that. And, Roger;--what is to be done about Hetta?" Hetta herself had retreated, leaving Roger and her mother alone together, feeling sure that there would be questions asked and answered in her absence respecting Mrs. Hurtle, which her presence would prevent. She wished it could have been otherwise--that she might have been allowed to hear it all herself--as she was sure that the story coming through her mother would not savour so completely of unalloyed truth as if told to her by her cousin Roger.
"Hetta can be trusted to judge for herself," he said.
"How can you say that when she has just accepted this young man? Is it not true that he is even now living with an American woman whom he has promised to marry?"
"No;--that is not true."

"And turn you out of your own house? No, Roger, I cannot do that. And Roger; what is to be done about Hetta?" Hetta herself had retreated, so that her mother and Roger could speak freely together.
"Hetta can be trusted to judge for herself," he said.
"How can you say that when she has just accepted this young man? Is it not true that he is even now living with an American woman whom he has promised to marry?"
"No; that is not true."
