"He told me he had recovered his sight. He told me he was going."
What else had he told? Dizzily she waited. For the first time in her life, she felt as if she might faint. That would be such a silly thing to do!
"He said he was going home—out of your life."
Peter had told Monte that! What else had he told?
He paused a moment, as if expecting her to make some reply. There, was nothing she could say.
"It was n't what I expected," he went on.
What else had Peter told him?
"Was n't there any other way?" he asked.
"I did n't send him home. He—he chose to go," she said.
"Because it was n't any use for him to remain?"