'But then I would have had regrets.'
'You only thought so,' he answered. 'I should have made you forget them very soon! Don't you feel, my dear, that we're made for each other? I know it.'
'Aylmer, how shall I be able to bear your going out again? It will be like a horrible nightmare. And perhaps all we've both gone through may be for nothing!'
'No, now I've got your promise everything will be all right…. I feel I shall come back all right…. Look here, darling, you need not be unhappy with Bruce. We're not going to deceive him. And when I come back, we'll tell him. Not till then. There is really no need.'
They walked together to the Annexe, which was entered by a small flight of stone steps from the garden. Here Aylmer had a little suite of rooms. Edith went into the sitting-room with him and looked round.
'It's ten o'clock and you're here for your health! Call Headley and go to bed, there's a good boy.'
He held both her hands.
'I mustn't ask you to stay.'
'Aylmer! With Dilly here! And Bruce let me come down to look after you! He was quite nice about it.'
'All right, dear, all right…. I know. No. I'm looking forward to when
I come back…. Go, dear, go.'