Then with a sudden quiet movement he rose and followed her.
"I beg your pardon," he said.

"But you can't afford to shirk things at this stage.

I am offering you deliverance, though you don't realise it." He spoke with force, and if his aim had been to rouse her to a more practical activity, he gained his end.

She turned upon him in swift and desperate indignation.

Her voice rang almost harsh.
"How can you call it deliverance?
It is at best a choice of two horrible evils.