"I have no right to try."
"As much right as any other man. More than most."
"No, no! You don't understand. You're forgetting that"
"I wonder," interrupted Judy, "how many other men and women have had this same argument? The woman putting love first, the man money. Or vice versa. You, evidently, put money first."
This was more than he could bear.
"Don't say that!" he broke out. "Say that I put love first, every time, and that I would sacrifice everything for it and to it, rather than do it less than justice. A man has no right to snatch at love, regardless of the consequences. To put it first is sometimes the supremest selfishness. It's putting oneself first, one's own gain and good first."
"You're perfectly right, Chip," she answered. "I know you're right. Only, if by putting it first you were adding to some one else's happiness . . . instead of taking away from it . . ."
She saw his lips tighten.
"I am only hurting him," she thought. "It would be better to speak out."
"Chip," she said at last, "I want to talk to
