Chapter 48

"Really. My life--for some time--hasn't been exactly--easy. This has been--a little breathing space. But what I shall do next isn't clear. As Doctor Rutherford said, I shall have to keep up 'a terrible thinking' about it." "Jo, run away to-day somewhere to do that thinking, dear. We can get on nicely without you--for a day." "Oh, may I?" "Indeed you may. Some things can't be thought out except in solitude." As they went through the hall together, Sally turned and set the door of the coat closet very slightly ajar. …