"That was it, Jacqueline. Cairns did his best for us both. But—I knew it would be for the last time; I knew you would never again have to endure such things from me."
"What do you mean?"
"Just what I have said, Jacqueline. You won't have it to endure again. But I had to have time to recover my senses and think it out. That is why I didn't come before. So I let Cairns believe I was coming here."
"Where did you go?"
"To my rooms. I had to face it; I had to think it all over before I came here. I would have telephoned you, but you could not have understood. What time is it?"
"Two o'clock."
"I'm sorry. I won't keep you long——"
"What do you mean? Where are you going?"
"To my rooms, I suppose. I merely came here to tell you what is the only thing for us to do. You know it already. I have just realised it."