"No," she said.
He seized the poker, and began hammering at a lump of coal.
"I suppose the money—" she worried.
"Can't be helped! Nell, I couldn't do anything else! I—I couldn't stand it!"
They were silent a little while. Presently he said:—
"I don't believe she'll go. If I know the Atom when she's calm and all right, she'll stick to her guns. If she doesn't—if she still wants to go—I take her. The coming back—having it all over again—will be awful for her, but there was nothing else to do."
"No," she agreed.
CHAPTER XXX
"Good morning, Atom."
Nell bent caressingly over the bed, and laid her hand lightly on a cool little brow.