“Shall you stay here all the week?” she inquired.
“If you wish me to.”
“You will find it wearisome.”
“Impossible, with you here. But if I run up to London for a day or two it might be better. There are preparations. We shall go first of all to my rooms—”
“I would rather not have stayed in London.”
“I thought you might wish to make purchases.”
“Let us go to some other town, and spend a few days there before leaving England.”
“Very well. Manchester or Birmingham.”
“You speak rather impatiently,” said Rhoda, looking at him with an uneasy smile. “Let it be London if you prefer—”
“On no account. It’s all indifferent to me so long as we get safely away together. Every man is impatient of these preliminaries. Yes, in that case I must of course go up to London. To-morrow, and back on Saturday?”