Besides--in any case, I have decided to go away without seeing you again." Her voice was very soft.

He found himself gripping the pages of the telephone book which hung by his side.
"But is that kind?
Have I sinned, Mr.Francis Norgate ?" "Of course not," he answered, keeping his tone level, almost indifferent.
"I hope that we shall meet again some day, but not in Berlin." There was a moment's silence.

He thought, even, that she had gone away.
Then her reply came back.
"So be it," she murmured.

"Not in Berlin.

Au revoir!".