“I don’t see how it can be helped.”
“It can be helped very easily. Don’t go to Buyukderer.”
“I must. I have the villa.”
“Let it.”
“I couldn’t possibly stand Constantinople in the summer.”
“There’s no need to do that. There are other places besides Constantinople and Buyukderer. You might go to one of them. Or you might travel.”
She sat down for a moment looking down.
“Do you mean that I might travel with you?” she said, at last.
“Not with me. But I could happen to be where you are.”
“That’s not possible. Some one would get to know of it.”