You take your way, an' I'll take mine.

An' now may be I'll get a night's sleep, the first I've had under this roof.' As she spoke she took from her pockets the house keys, and from her purse the money she used for current expenses, and threw all together on to the table.

Alice had turned to the fireplace, and she stood so for a long time after her mother had left the room.

Then she took the keys and the money, consulted her watch, and in a few minutes was walking from the house to a neighbouring cab-stand.
She drove to Wilton Square.

Inspecting the front of the house before knocking at the door, she saw a light in the kitchen and a dimmer gleam at an upper window.