In he rushed with the sliding figure close behind him, and the door banged to after them.
CHAPTER VIII
David was completely out of breath, and leaned against the wall to recover, while his pursuer did the same. He remembered who it was now.
‘Oh, it’s you, Noah!’ he panted. ‘I couldn’t remember who you were. Why did you run after me?’
Noah wiped his face with the edge of his ulster.
‘To catch you,’ said he. ‘What else should I run after you for? The point is: Why did you run away?’
David didn’t see why he should tell Noah that his legs had been running away from the pike, and his mind from being married. It had got nothing to do with Noah, and besides it was a slightly undignified confession.
‘I like running,’ he said. ‘I shall walk and run, and fly and swim, just as I choose.’
‘Hoity-toity!’ said Noah. ‘I expect that’ll be as she chooses.’