"I will wait," said Boreham, eagerly; "I won't ask you for an answer now."
"Now you know my position, you will not put any question to me!" said May, very quietly.
There came a moment's oppressive silence.
"I may continue to be your friend," he demanded; "you won't punish me?" and his voice was urgent.
"Of course not," she said.
"I may come and see you?" he urged again.
"Any friends of mine may come and see me, if they care to," she said; "but I am very much occupied during the day—and tired in the evenings."
"Sundays?" he interrupted.
"My Sundays I spend with friends in Surrey."
Boreham jerked his head nervously. "I shall be living in Town almost immediately," he said; "I will come and see what times would be convenient."