"I should like to go," he said, shortly. "I am better now."
He had made up his mind to leave her, and, after a brief struggle with herself, during which she clasped her hands painfully on her lap, the little lady yielded with a good grace. "Where do you wish to go?"
"I have not decided. Do you know anything about Nova Scotia?"
"I know where it is, on the map," she said, doubtfully. "I once had a housemaid from there. She was a very good girl."
"Perhaps I will take a run over there."
"I have never been to Nova Scotia," she said, gently.
"If it is anything of a place, I will take you some other time. I don't know anything about the hotels now."
"But you, Vesper," she said, anxiously, "you will suffer more than I would."
"Then I shall not stay."
"How long will you be gone?"