There was a scarlet colour on her cheeks, a very fire in her eyes.
‘No, I have not, he has cast me off, I have no one, no one, oh, you might take me away,’ her voice broke into a cry.
‘Where?’ he said, and trembled violently.
‘Anywhere, anywhere, just so I can never, never see him again as long as I live.’
He moved towards her, all his strength had gone, he was shaking like a leaf. A minute ago he had been one of the best men on God’s earth. Now, the suddenness and awfulness of the temptation swept everything away for the time but overmastering love for this woman. He put out his hand.
‘Come,’ he whispered.
Two minutes later they were fleeing together down the long Red Road that Larrie was coming up.
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]They passed him half way, he was carrying his hat, and going straight forward, not looking to right or left.
The meeting only added fuel to Dot’s fire.
‘Hurry,’ she cried, pressing on breathlessly, ‘hurry.’