[The Town Traveller by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookThe Town Traveller CHAPTER XX 20/28
Shall I help you ?" "No, no; I regret that I came here, Greenacre.
I am not welcome; how could I expect to be? If I am going to be ill it mustn't be here." "Then let me get a cab and take you to your own place, if your wife is willing." "That would be best.
The truth is I feel terribly queer, Greenacre. Suppose I--suppose I died here? Of course, I ought never to have come. Think of the talk there would be; and that's just what I wanted to spare them, the talk and the disgrace.
It can all be managed by my solicitor.
But I felt that come I must.
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