“Well, what if I refuse?”
“I will burn this note before your very eyes,” exclaimed Bessie Dalton, holding it over the fire.
“What would you do? Are you mad, Bessie?”
“Swear!” ejaculated the girl.
“If it’s any satisfaction, I do swear. In the name of the most High and Mighty I pledge myself to leave this house to-night.”
“And never to return to it from your own free will.”
“And never to return to it from my own free will.”
“That is enough. Now I feel assured that you are in earnest. So am I; for I tell you plainly that I shall not rest till I see you out of the house.”
“Upon my word you appear in a monstrous hurry to get rid of me.”
“No matter about that. You’ll have to go, and it’s no use making long faces about it. Come, dear, put your things together, and we’ll away at once.”