Then all those delightful days by the river;
haven't I to thank you for them? It seems rather hard that I should be
so much indebted to you--"
"I am sure you are not at all," she said.
"--without a chance of ever being able to show my gratitude; repayment,
of course, is out of the question, for we could never meet again in
similar circumstances--in reversed circumstances, rather--I mean, you
have had it all your own way in your--your toleration, shall I say?--or
your commiseration, of a hopeless duffer. Oh, I know what I'm talking
about. Most people in your position would have said, 'Well, let him go
and make a fool of himself!' and most people in my position would have
said, 'No, I'm not going to make a fool of myself.'"
"I don't quite understand," she said, simply, "why you should care so
much for the opinion of other people."
"I suppose there is no chance of my ever seeing you in London, Miss
Honnor," he continued, rather breathlessly. "If--if I might presume on
the acquaintanceship formed up here, I should like--well, I should like
to show you I had not forgotten your kindness. Do you ever come to
London?--I think Miss Lestrange said you sometimes did.
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