37/44 She raised her eyes for one moment, stared at them all, bit off a piece of thread, and said in deep, sepulchral tones: "Either it goes, or I go." The three stared at one another. They could hear their hearts thumping one after another. The Jampot go? This innocent remark of Mary's conveyed in the tone of it more pleased anticipation than was, perhaps, polite. |