'Then you won't come?'
'No.'
It was not necessary to specify the matter which it was proposed to
discuss. Arthur knew perfectly that Susie wished to talk of Margaret, and
he was too straightforward to pretend otherwise. Susie paused for one
moment.
'I was never able to give Margaret your message. She did not write to
me.'
A certain wildness came into his eyes, as if the effort he made was
almost too much for him.
'I saw her in Monte Carlo,' said Susie. 'I thought you might like to hear
about her.'
'I don't see that it can do any good,' he answered.
Susie made a little hopeless gesture. She was beaten.
'Shall we go?' she said.
'You are not angry with me?' he asked. 'I know you mean to be kind. I'm
very grateful to you.'
'I shall never be angry with you,' she smiled.
Arthur paid the bill, and they threaded their way among the tables. At
the door she held out her hand.
'I think you do wrong in shutting yourself away from all human
comradeship,' she said, with that good-humoured smile of hers.
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