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Will you tell him," asked Jimmy, "that you went to the training quarters of a
prize-fighter, or that you dined unescorted at Feinheimer's at night and were an
object of the insulting attentions of such a notorious character as Steve Murray?"
The girl flushed. "You would tell him that?" she demanded. "Oh, of course, I
might have known that you would. It is difficult to realize that any one dining at
my father's home is not a gentleman. I had forgotten for the moment."
"Yes," said Jimmy, "I would tell him, not from a desire to harm you, but because
this is the only way that I can compel you to refrain from something that would
result in inestimable harm to your father."
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