"No, you don't. Remember the terms I lent it on."
"Then take this anyway," said Gell, handing Stowell a sealed envelope.
After that there was another long silence, and then Gell said, in a thick voice,
"When we're far enough away I'll write."
"No, no!"
"Do you mean that I'm never to write to you?"
"Never."
"But I will .... I must...."
"Don't be a damned fool, man. Can't you see you never can?"
There was a pause.