[The Girl From Keller’s by Harold Bindloss]@TWC D-Link bookThe Girl From Keller’s CHAPTER XII 20/26
Very well.
Since I can't trust you round the settlement, we're going to quit. I've decided to sell out the business as soon as I can get the price I want." "Sell the store and hotel!" Charnock exclaimed.
"I suppose you know you'd get three or four times as much if you held on for a few years." "That's so.
But what's going to happen to you while I wait ?" Charnock turned his head for a moment, and then looked up with a contrite air. "By George, Sadie, you are fine! But I can't allow this sacrifice." "You won't be asked," Sadie rejoined with forced quietness.
She was moved by Charnock's exclamation, but durst not trust him or herself. There was a risk of his persuading her to abandon the plan if he knew how deeply she was stirred. "Well," he said, "what do you propose to do ?" "Take a farm far enough from town to make it hard for you to drive in and out.
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