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‘I’m not that sort, I’m not one to say much.’
‘If you knew how happy just one word would make me!’
‘Well, what I always say is, people must take me as they
find me, and if they don’t like it they can lump it.’
But sometimes she expressed herself more plainly still,
and, when he asked the question, answered:
‘Oh, don’t go on at that again.’
Then he became sulky and silent. He hated her.)
And now he said:
‘Oh, well, if you feel like that about it I wonder you con-
descend to come out with me at all.’
‘It’s not my seeking, you can be very sure of that, you just
force me to.’
His pride was bitterly hurt, and he answered madly.
‘You think I’m just good enough to stand you dinners
and theatres when there’s no one else to do it, and when
someone else turns up I can go to hell. Thank you, I’m about
sick of being made a convenience.’
‘I’m not going to be talked to like that by anyone. I’ll just
show you how much I want your dirty dinner.’
She got up, put on her jacket, and walked quickly out of
the restaurant. Philip sat on. He determined he would not
move, but ten minutes afterwards he jumped in a cab and
followed her. He guessed that she would take a ‘bus to Vic-
toria, so that they would arrive about the same time. He saw
her on the platform, escaped her notice, and went down to
Herne Hill in the same train. He did not want to speak to
her till she was on the way home and could not escape him.
As soon as she had turned out of the main street, brightly

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