"Then I'll meet you as usual."
"Thank you."
He said: "How is your skating jacket coming along?"
"I have—stopped work on it."
"Why?"
"I do not expect to—have time—for skating."
"Didn't you ever expect to come up here again?" he asked with a slight shiver.
"I thought that Mr. Sissly could do what was necessary."
"Didn't it occur to you that you were ending a friendship rather abruptly?"
She was silent.