THE REDEMPTION OF ANTHONY
"Yes; he wants me to go abroad with him."
Mrs. Martin caught her breath painfully. "And you said?"
"I'm not sure just what I said, but I remember I told him I couldn't possibly go away without you."
Mrs. Martin laughed harshly.
"So he said we'd take you, too, of course."
The woman got up and went to the window and flung the curtain high, and put her hand to her throat, as if she choked. Presently she turned and said quietly:
"That was very sweet of you both, but, of course, I couldn't go."
"Then I won't. I don't want to think of it, anyway."
"But you must think of it, you must think of it," Mrs. Martin repeated, coming to sit on the edge of the bed. "It is not as it was with Peter; this is the treasure of a mature man, hoarded long and grown heavy with concealment. You must not tamper
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