“Yes, if you will.”
Then he told her of Julie’s relapse and the prescribed sea voyage.
“Dr. McClaren wants her to go without me; he thinks it will be better for her. You know her so well; what is your opinion?”
“Your wife is organically healthy, but there are pathological conditions—a radical change might do her good.”
She avoided his eyes; he was disappointed, but what else could she say?
He bent a little nearer.
“Miss Mary, if you will go with her, my mind would be at rest.”
She sat silent a moment.
“I’m sorry, but I cannot; I’ve pledged myself.”
“You are engaged?”