s his head. Mrs Rivers— he says. I shudder.
Dont call me t, I say, I beg you.
Again, so odd! ougo call you, if not t?
Call me Maud. You asked me, just no, and nothing else.
be foolisen to me, now. I am sorry for you. You you—?
I laugarts; and typesetters look up. , turns back to me.
ill you be reasonable? ly, warningly.
But ?
A quarrel, I say. You t a quarrel. You t, ? You kno guess , I cant tell you. Its too great a thing.
is?
A secret t say. I cannot— O . you like t is type? I say. ill you tell me?
ype? e changed.
t.
For a second ansly.
Clarendon. Clarendon. I kne, after all. I continue to gaze at t my fingers to t—until Mr rey comes and places a blank s upon it, as hers.
Dont look t stare so! is tter be ill.
I am not ill, I ansired. I close my eyes. I ay here, and sleep.
Stay ay sound of t eadily, I am only tired. But anse, again, at tciously, from trey— I
say.
I is you mean to do. o get you from t bring a cab, I suppose, to the building.
ill you do t?
You o go, to sleep? to eat?
I have nowhere!
You must go hen.
I cannot do t. I tle money, a little time. to find, to save—
to save?
to find. to find. And, tle ed, Mr rey. I find an man— You knoo be. Again, c does not speak. I say, You know I am rich. If youll only help me, now. If youll only keep me—
Keep you! Do you know w you are saying? Keep you, where?
Not in your own house?
My house?
I t—
My ers? No, no. o pace.
But at Briar you said, many times—
I told you? t Briar. t like Briar. You must find t out. leave a live, in London, on nothink you will live?
I do not know. I supposed— I supposed you would give me money,
I to say. I look about me. truck I not, I say, work for you?
ands still. For me?
Mig ing togeting, even? I kno room!—I sake it sec