"It makes me terribly unhappy to see you like this. I had hoped such great things ... I was a fool, I suppose. Faith, have you forgotten those first days when we knew each other? You were happy enough then...."
She turned her face away obstinately.
"I did not know who you were then."
The Beggar Man shrugged his shoulders.
"Well, we won't argue about it. How soon can you be ready? Miss Fraser has packed all the things it will be necessary for you to take. I will send for a taxi if you will put on your hat and coat."
"I am not going; I am going to stay here."
He walked out of the room without a word, returning almost at once with her hat and coat. He laid them down beside her on the table.
"Put them on," he said quietly.
She looked up with scared eyes.
"No."