“I kept it,” said Gudrun.
“You’ll give it me, won’t you?” she said.
But Gudrun was silent for some moments, before she replied:
“Do you really want it, Ursula?”
“I want to read it,” said Ursula.
“Certainly,” said Gudrun.
Even now, she could not admit, to Ursula, that she wanted to keep it, as a memento, or a symbol. But Ursula knew, and was not pleased. So the subject was switched off.
“What did you do in Paris?” asked Ursula.
“Oh,” said Gudrun laconically—“the usual things. We had a fine party one night in Fanny Bath’s studio.”
“Did you? And you and Gerald were there! Who else? Tell me about it.”