“And then when I come back,” she said, “I can tell Clifford I must leave him. And you and I can go away. They never need even know it is you. We can go to another country, shall we? To Africa or Australia. Shall we?”

She was quite thrilled by her plan.

“You’ve never been to the Colonies, have you?” he asked her.

“No! Have you?”

“I’ve been in India, and South Africa, and Egypt.”

“Why shouldn’t we go to South Africa?”

“We might!” he said slowly.

“Or don’t you want to?” she asked.

“I don’t care. I don’t much care what I do.”