"Waiting for you. You must have known I'd come."
"To say good-bye? That was nice of you."
"No, not to say good-bye. I should come to see you off if you were going."
"But I am going. You've seen about my berth, haven't you?"
"No, I haven't. We've got to talk about it first."
He looked dead tired. She remembered that she was his hostess.
"Have you had tea?"
"No. You're going to give me some. Then we'll talk about it."
"Talking won't be a bit of good."
"I think it may be," he said.