"But I should. It 'ud give me the power to bail you out. Do you understand now?"
"I understand I should be every sort of a coward if I told you on those terms."
"Oh, you man—you man," she cried. "Well, you've the choice."
"To tell or lose you?"
"Yes."
In the silence that followed an electric bell rang sharply.
"There they are," he exclaimed.
"Be quick, I'm waiting," she said.
"Can't you accept my word that it's better you shouldn't know?"
"You've the choice," she repeated.