“You're going back?”
“Absolutely.”
“Because you love the hospital, or because you love somebody connected with the hospital?”
Sidney was thoroughly angry by this time, angry and reckless. She had come through so much that every nerve was crying in passionate protest.
“If it will make you understand things any better,” she cried, “I am going back for both reasons!”
She was sorry the next moment. But her words seemed, surprisingly enough, to steady him. For the first time, he sat down.
“Then, as far as I am concerned, it's all over, is it?”
“Yes, Joe. I told you that long ago.”
He seemed hardly to be listening. His thoughts had ranged far ahead. Suddenly:—
“You think Christine has her hands full with Palmer, don't you? Well, if you take Max Wilson, you're going to have more trouble than Christine ever dreamed of. I can tell you some things about him now that will make you think twice.”