Page:The Relentless City.djvu/262

252 found you ill, and I embarked on a career of most futile diplomacy. I wanted to win you back to life, you see, without permitting or harbouring any sentiment. You proposed to die because you were bored. That seemed to me feeble,

Charlie laughed.

He turned to her with the love-light shining brightly in his eyes.

he said.

she said,

She paused a moment.

she went on,

She bent her head, took up his hand where it lay on the arm of her chair, and kissed it.

said he.

she answered.