8/11 I told you, I thought you ought to move; I've taken another room for you quite away from them. This is the new address, and here's the money for your expenses. They're dangerous for you, those people." The little model muttered desperately: "But I don't care what they do!" Hilary went on: "Listen! You mustn't come here again, or the man will trace you. We will take care you have what's necessary till you can get other work." The little model looked up at him without a word. Now that the thin link which bound her to some sort of household gods had snapped, all the patience and submission bred in her by village life, by the hard facts of her story, and by these last months in London, served her well enough. |