100 "I will go if you will come with me," he said at once.
She shook her head.
"No, thank you; I haven't got the nerve."
"You'll be perfectly safe with me; I'll look after you."
She shook her head again.
"No, thank you."
She began walking about the room, folding up the few things she had not already packed and ramming them anyhow into the open trunk.
Chris watched her for a moment with morose eyes; then all at once he blurted out:
"Hang it all! I know what you're thinking, so why don't you say it?"
"I don't know what you mean."