"And Duty?" she asked.
"I don't know whether it's Duty or not, but something tells me that there's nothing in all the world of any importance except to stay with you," he answered.
But with his acquiescence there came the veering in her moods for which he had already learned to watch.
"
Where were you going?" she asked.
"The lawyers telephoned for me from Marlton."
"They are waiting for you?"
"Yes."
"And you are going to keep them waiting because I asked you to stay?"
"Them or the whole world," he answered.