[Beatrice by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookBeatrice CHAPTER XV 38/41
A change will do you good." "Well, perhaps I may.
I have not had a change for twenty-five years. Never could afford it.
Aren't you going to say good-bye to Elizabeth ?" "Good-bye, Miss Granger," said Geoffrey politely.
"Many thanks for all your kindness.
I hope we shall meet again." "Do you ?" answered Elizabeth; "so do I.I am sure that we shall meet again, and I am sure that I shall be glad to see you when we do, Mr. Bingham," she added darkly. In another minute he had left the Vicarage and, with Beatrice at his side, was walking smartly towards the station. "This is very melancholy," he said, after a few moments' silence. "Going away generally is," she answered--"either for those who go or those who stay behind," she added. "Or for both," he said. Then came another pause; he broke it. "Miss Beatrice, may I write to you ?" "Certainly, if you like." "And will you answer my letters ?" "Yes, I will answer them." "If I had my way, then, you should spend a good deal of your time in writing," he said.
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