"There are a lot of points of view that you haven't seen yet," he persisted. "I could put some of them before you if you'd give me time."
"It would be no use doing that. I should never believe anything but that we, my father and I, should bear the responsibilities of our own acts."
"You'll think differently," he began, "when you've looked at the thing all round; and then—"
But before he could complete his sentence she had gone.
Having seen her go up-stairs, he waited in some uncertainty. When fifteen or twenty minutes had gone by and she did not return, he decided to wait no longer. Picking up his hat and stick from the chair on which he had laid them, he went out by the French window, making his way to the gate across the lawn.
VIII
inding the door of her father's room ajar, Miss Guion pushed it open and went in.