| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 145 | You can no more View more quotes about hold">hold a promise than a sieve water, you can no more resist the temptation to gossip than straw, seeking one excuse or another, can resist flame". |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 142 | Even now you are thinking of the attention you will receive, the gratification you will derive, from regaling the other girls with an account of what you regard as a juicy tidbit, fit for dessert gossip, at one of our luncheons". |
| 2 | 143 | "No, never!" I said. |
| 2 | 144 | "Your promise," she said, "is worthless, however intent you may be now to keep it. |
| 2 | 145 | You can no more hold a promise than a sieve water, you can no more resist the temptation to gossip than straw, seeking one excuse or another, can resist flame". |
| 2 | 146 | "I assure you that that is not so," I averred. |
| 2 | 147 | "Perhaps I should have left you in those," she smiled, nodding toward the handcuffs reposing on the kitchen counter. |
| 2 | 148 | "No!" I said. |