I suppose that's your own affair, though.

But what's to come next?
That's what I want to know." "When I leave Cornwall--" "You mean we, don't you ?" Thalassa interrupted.
"Of course I mean you as well as myself," Robert Turold replied almost humbly.

"I should be sorry to part with you, Thalassa, you must be well aware of that.

It is my intention to purchase a portion of the family estate at Great Missenden, which is at present in the market, and spend the remainder of my life in the place which once belonged to my ancestors.
That has been the dream of my life, and I shall soon be able to carry it out." A silence fell between them upon this statement, and Robert Turold's eyes turned towards his papers again.

But Thalassa stood watching him, as though he had something on his mind still.