"I'll try to go in," she said, in a muffled voice.
"I can ask the nurse. I don't want you to stay, but try," she went on dispassionately, "try not to be silly any more. I shan't always be there to—save you."
"It was very dramatic."
"Yes; just like a story, wasn't it?"
"Don't be so unpleasant. I still feel ill. It was horrid to faint. I can't make out why Mrs. Biggs didn't stop you."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"N-no—"
"Neither do I."
"But I can't make out—"
"Never mind. What does it matter? It's over. For you it's over. But don't play with people's lives any more, and ruin them."