"Then why shouldn't I go back?"
"There's no reason, only—"
"Only what?"
"Let me tell you of my romance."
"Very well, only—"
"When I tell you I'm in love, I don't think you ought to interrupt," remarked Miss Toombs.
"I only wanted to know why I mustn't dream of going back to Melkbridge," said Mavis anxiously.
"Because I can get you a better job elsewhere. There now!"
"Let's hear of your love affair," said Mavis, partly satisfied by Miss Toombs's reason for not wishing her to return to the place where her lover was.
"Five weeks ago, a man strode into our office at the factory; tall, big, upright, sunburned."