20/25 St.John therefore dropped a little behind the pair, and the distance between them increased by degrees. They seemed to be so happy, so intimate, although they were walking side by side much as other people walk. They turned slightly toward each other now and then, and said something which he thought must be something very private. They were really disputing about Helen's character, and Terence was trying to explain why it was that she annoyed him so much sometimes. But St.John thought that they were saying things which they did not want him to hear, and was led to think of his own isolation. |