“But you’re dating Mike now, and I’m dating John. She realized dimly that there was no personal thing behind his cry, that countless myriads of Mannings had “My God!”-ed with an equal gusto at situations as flatly apprehended. “We do not want the men,” said Miss Miniver; “we do not want them, with their sneers and loud laughter. She was the actress his whim had chosen to play a passive part. Jack may be capable of much that is wicked, but he would never lift his hand against his friend,—of that I am assured.