“If you don’t get it—! You are not sure?”

“No,” said Alvina. “I am not a bit sure.”

“Well then—! Now! And if you don’t get it—?”

“What shall I do, you mean?”

“Yes, what shall you do?”

“I don’t know.”

“How! you don’t know! Shall you come back to us, then?”

“I will if you like—”

“If I like! If I like! Come, it is not a question of if I like. It is what do you want to do yourself.”

“I feel you don’t want me very badly,” said Alvina.