‘As you please.’
‘Do you wish Lizzie still to come?’
‘No. Please to pay her wages and dismiss her. Here is some money.’
‘I think you had better let me see to that.’
He flung the coin on to the table and opened the door. Amy stepped quickly forward and closed it again.
‘This is our good-bye, is it?’ she asked, her eyes on the ground.
‘As you wish it—yes.’
‘You will remember that I have not wished it.’
‘In that case, you have only to go with me to the new home.’
‘I can’t.’