‘No, no. Go to sleep. I’ve nothing to tell you.’
‘The mosquitoes have all disappeared,’ he said. ‘Why? Perhaps I’d better take the opportunity—I shall be so charming when I wake up again. Thank you, Judith. You’ve done me good.’ He shut his eyes; and re-opened them to say: ‘I told you you were always in the back of my mind. It’s true. Always.’ He took her hand. ‘Judith, am I going to be allowed to know you at last?’
‘Oh yes, Julian, of course.’
‘Hum—I wonder.’
He was staring at her with intense inquiry and concentration; but she turned her eyes away. She could not feel that the matter was of much importance.
‘We’re going to see each other a lot?’
‘As much as you like.’
‘I’m here till the end of July. Then I go abroad with Mamma. To France. To Vichy part of the time. She will believe the cure does her good.’
‘I shall come and find you in France. I shall come to Vichy and take you away from Mamma. I do better in France. You might find me quite a pleasant companion. There’s so much I should like to show you—do with you. Shall I come?’