"Oh, because the one we have bores me, and the next one will bore me more."
"But try it."
"I don't want to."
"Well," she said and lapsed into silence.
"And then," he asked, "what are we going to do?"
"Going to do—when?"
"After the new house——"
"I'm going to open out," she said.
He made no answer.
"I want to open out. I want you to take your place in the world, the place you deserve."