d t scarlet clot . I sao be sure; t Charles.
Put your coat on, I said. Its time.
urned up his
collar.
tter? Very good. Be brave, now. No funny
stuff. Ill be c forget.
speak. , and after a moment I sa and stand before Mr Ibbss. o ttle o er.—Dont look round, you fool! I t, run from tep. o. But before y. t ing o Mr Ibbs; treet. Like a fool, o see urning tc we ed.
Say five minutes passed. Say ten.
did I suppose , so , make a sign—I dont kno tayed quiet, and ty still be. Cood, and quivered. I o t our
running.—Dont you run, you fuckster! I said, and t, for do and up tairs. By time ears and snot.
God mean to do it! ing in. God and made me!
Made you le tick?
I got his hands before his face.
S tter off me and read it! he said. ho did?
Miss Maud! Miss Maud!
I looked at all, just as you said. I gave tcall man took it and opened its back. my scarf oot eeteasing. t give me a look. But tried to reac Miss Maud sater in my me, and kneable, and ster under table and read it, and sed my fingers so hard—
o dissolve, like salt in ter of ears.
Stop crying! I said. Stop crying for once in your life, or I sell me now, w did she do?
ook a breat o , and broug.
S sook it from table o me, as if it mig; and tall man closed tcook it, and t me
out. Miss Maud c s it for you but, o God its for!
over. S very small, and it took me a moment to unfold it and kno urned it, turned it again; tood gazing stupidly at
it.
Just this? I said. Charles nodded.
It Briar. It greasy, and in it; but it still crease, in ts painted red pips.
I , and remembered sitting o tell une. S ening me! she had said.
it, later!
S perfectly steady. S me t, no mark or sign?—s me to tease me. hy else?
Miss, I dont kno from table-top. Sook it quick, and t her eye.
sort of a wildness?
I cant say. S like li