She looked downward too, disturbing the pattern with the point of her sunshade while she struggled for expression. \"Yes,\" she said at length. \"You might want—once for all—to settle the question: it's one way.\"
Her quiet lucidity startled him, but did not mislead him into thinking her insensible. Under her hat-brim he saw the pallor of her profile, and a slight tremor of the nostril above her resolutely steadied lips.
\"Well—?\" he questioned,
She looked downward too, disturbing the pattern with the point of her sunshade while she struggled for expression. \"Yes,\" she said at length. \"You might want—once for all—to settle the question: it's one way.\"
Her quiet lucidity startled him, but did not mislead him into thinking her insensible. Under her hat-brim he saw the pallor of her profile, and a slight tremor of the nostril above her resolutely steadied lips.
\"Well—?\" he questioned,
