Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"Just thought I'd tell you," Mary concluded. "A word to the
wise."

Saxon had become grave.

"He's not . . . not . . ." she began, than looked the
significance of the question she could not complete.

"Oh, nothin' like that--though there's nothin' to stop him. He's
straight, all right, all right. But he just won't fall for
anything in skirts. He dances, an' runs around, an' has a good
time, an' beyond that--nitsky. A lot of 'em's got fooled on him.
I bet you there's a dozen girls in love with him right now. An'
he just goes on turnin' 'em down. There was Lily Sanderson--you
know her. You seen her at that Slavonic picnic last summer at
Shellmound--that tall, nice-lookin' blonde that was with Butch
Willows?"