Till they got out into the street and saw the hansom waiting outside the gates Anthony spoke only once, beginning brusquely but in a much gentler tone than she had ever heard from his lips.
"Of course I ought to have known that you could not care for a man like me, a stranger.

Silence gives consent.

Yes?
Eh?
I don't want any of that sort of consent.

And unless some day you find you can speak.

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