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to faint. A strange idea came to Philip, and he spoke it as it
came, without stopping to think it out.
‘Why don’t you go away with him?’
‘How can I? You know we haven’t got the money.’
‘I’ll give you the money”
‘You?’
She sat up and looked at him. Her eyes began to shine,
and the colour came into her cheeks.
‘Perhaps the best thing would be to get it over, and then
you’d come back to me.’
Now that he had made the suggestion he was sick with
anguish, and yet the torture of it gave him a strange, subtle
sensation. She stared at him with open eyes.
‘Oh, how could we, on your money? Harry wouldn’t
think of it.’
‘Oh yes, he would, if you persuaded him.’
Her objections made him insist, and yet he wanted her
with all his heart to refuse vehemently.
‘I’ll give you a fiver, and you can go away from Satur-
day to Monday. You could easily do that. On Monday he’s
going home till he takes up his appointment at the North
London.’
‘Oh, Philip, do you mean that?’ she cried, clasping her
hands. ‘if you could only let us go—I would love you so
much afterwards, I’d do anything for you. I’m sure I shall
get over it if you’ll only do that. Would you really give us
the money?’
‘Yes,’ he said.
She was entirely changed now. She began to laugh. He

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