45/47 You'd be living in hell and so should I.I should prefer to remain in purgatory, which, after all, is quite bearable--I'm used to it--and I love you enough to wish to see you in paradise." She turned away with a wide gesture and an upward inflexion of her voice. Barney Bill refilled his pipe and fixed Paul with his twinkling diamond eyes. "It's a pity, sonny--a dodgasted pity!" "We're up against the Truth, old man, the unashamed and naked truth," said Paul, with a sigh. |