"Armine, the compensation I want is this. I don't want to clear out and leave you here in Egypt; I want to take you away with me."
"Take me away? Where to?"
"Anywhere—back to England."
"We are going to England as soon as I'm quite strong. But you haven't told me! You say I've been poisoned. I want to know by whom."
"But perhaps you don't know! Do you know?"
Isaacson got up. He felt as if he could not speak any more sitting down.
"If you will only give me my compensation, let me take you away quietly—I'm a doctor. Nobody will think anything of it—I need say nothing more."
"Take me away! But I'm nearly well now, and there can be no more danger."
"If you come away with me—no!"