Witness these gray hairs . '' I pushed up my hat to show them the more recklessly . Betty barely glanced at them . `` You have just enough to give you a distinguished look , '' she said , `` and you are only forty . A man is in his prime at forty . He never has any sense until he is forty -- and sometimes he does n't seem to have any even then , '' she concluded impertinently . My heart beat . Did Betty suspect ? Was that last sentence meant to inform me that she was aware of my secret folly , and laughed at it ? `` I came over to see what has gone wrong between you and Frank , '' I said gravely . Betty bit her lips . `` Nothing , '' she said . `` Betty , '' I said reproachfully , `` I brought you up ... or endeavored to bring you up ... to speak the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth . Do n't tell me I have failed . I 'll give you another chance . Have you quarreled with Frank ? '' `` No , '' said the maddening Betty , `` HE quarreled with me . He went away in a temper and I do not care if he never comes back ! '' I shook my head . `` This wo n't do , Betty .
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