"Perhaps they do think so," Nora said, with indifference. "That is because no one about here is capable of understanding her. In any case, it's no good talking about it. This latest trouble is quite enough."
"I suppose Miles will be able to stay in the Army?" Arnold asked.
"Oh, yes, that's settled."
"What about your studies? They will have to be given up, of course?"
"Why 'of course'?" she flashed out.
"Because there won't be enough money for them," he explained in a matter-of-fact tone. "For my part," he went on, "I shall be glad. I dreaded the thought of coming home on leave and finding you gone. It would have been sickening."
"It will be still more 'sickening' now," she said, rather revengefully. "I am going away for a long time, and to a place a long way off."
"Nora! In Heaven's name where and why?"
She laughed at his astonished, troubled face.
"To Karlsburg, in Germany—as a companion."