"Why a week?" she replied doubtfully.
He braced himself to make the test he had been considering for the last half-hour. "I should like to have one more talk with you before I go."
"And you wouldn't say anything to my grandfather in the meanwhile?"
"No. If I did he might sling me out."
"You believe he'd do that, then?"
"Oh, yes! I believe that."
"But not that he is—inhuman?"
"I find it difficult. No, I can't credit that."
"But you would stick to your idea of going at the end of a week from now?"
"Absolutely."