"He won't suspect," she said. "He would take my word against the world."
"They suspect—some of them—that woman Mrs. Cormack. And—does Marjory?"
"It is nothing. He won't believe. Marjory will not say a word."
"You'll persuade him that there was nothing——?"
"Yes; I'll persuade him," she answered.
She began to pull a glove on to her hand.
"I must go," she said. "It's nearly an hour since I came."
He took a step towards her.
"You won't come, Maggie?" he urged, and there was still eagerness in his voice.
"Not again, Willie. I can't stand it again. Good-bye. I've given you everything, Willie. And you'll think of me now and then?"