Then Cecile said quietly, “You can’t do such a thing, you know. You couldn’t be so absolutely horrible. It would injure me and my mother, it’s true. But think what it would do to you."Felicity looked oddly shaken for a moment. But then she hardened her mouth—and perhaps her heart.“I wouldn’t want to do it,” she admitted candidly. “But don’t imagine that any inner reluctance would actually prevent me from carrying out my threat. More than anything else in the world I want Gregory back. I give you fair warning—I’m not going to stop at anything to bring that about.”“But it isn’t possible to do things that way! You can’t command anyone’s love or respect. You must surely know that. You can’t plot to obtain it either. You can only earn it. And whether or not you make Gregory love you again doesn’t depend on me. It depends on you.”“Your absence from the field would be the first step towards it,” retorted Felicity calmly. “I can’t afford to have a formidable rival at this moment.
