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Monica interrupted him to ask a question about some object in the landscape. He answered her very briefly, and for a long time neither spoke. Then the girl, glancing at him with a smile of apology, said in a gentle tone —
‘You were telling me how the house pleased you. Have you still the same pleasure in living there?’
‘Yes. But lately I have been hoping — I daren’t say more. You will interrupt me again.’
‘Which way are we going now, Mr. Widdowson?’
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‘Oh, I feel better.’
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‘I told you about my sister-inlaw. Would you be willing to make her acquaintance?’
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Prepared for this reply, he began a long and urgent persuasion. It was useless; Monica Mexico Drakt Barn listened quietly, but without sign of yielding. The subject dropped, and they talked of indifferent things.
On the homeward drive, when the dull sky grew dusk about them, and the suburban street-lamps began to show themselves in long glimmering lines, Widdowson returned with shamefaced courage to the subject which for some hours had been in abeyance.
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