Bernard wondered what under the sun she meant; but he thought he might safely add—
“I will abide by her choice.”
Gordon actually began to smile.
“It won’t be long, I think; two or three weeks.”
Angela made no answer to this; she fixed her eyes on the floor.
“I shall see Blanche as often as possible,” she presently said.
“By all means! The more you see her the better you will understand me.”
“I understand you very well now. But you have shaken me very much, and you must leave me. I shall see you also—often.”
Gordon took up his hat and stick; he saw that Bernard did not do the same.
“And Bernard?” he exclaimed.