133/272 "I know it, all of you, as well as you do, but give me time. When I must begin to pay, I'll pay with all I've got." But presently, all ready for bed, she put on a dressing gown and left her room and padded along the passage in heelless slippers to Martin's room. He might have been asleep all this time. How silly not to have thought of that! She would wake him for one of their talks. |