And I'm obliged to be on hand every minute." "But you said that you were going out of town." "Did I?
Well, I did not say it, exactly, but I am going to leave town." "For very long ?" she asked.
"Perhaps.

I can't tell yet." "Stephen, before you go--if you are going for a very, very long while--perhaps you will--you might care to say good-bye ?" "Do you think it best ?" "No," she said innocently; "but if you care--" "Do you care to have me ?" "Yes, I do." There was a silence; and when his voice sounded again it had altered: "I do not think you would care to see me, Sylvia.

I--they say I am--I have--changed--since my--since a slight illness.

I am not over it yet, not cured--not very well yet; and a little tired, you see--a little shaken.

I am leaving New York to--to try once more to be cured.