‘That word you like—in your delicious voice—just as a kindness.’
‘No, I won’t—now.’
‘When will you?’
‘You are naughty, Roddy.... Perhaps when I know you better.’
‘You’ll never know me better than you do now.’
‘Don’t say that. Why do you?’
‘There’s nothing more to know.’
‘Oh, if there’s nothing more to know, then you are——’
‘What?’