[The Crown of Life by George Gissing]@TWC D-Link bookThe Crown of Life CHAPTER XII 4/26
You will see that you cannot do what you thought of! Don't speak of it now--think--wait----" The girl moved apart.
Her face lost its brightness; hardened in passionate determination. "I can't begin all that again," she said, with an accent of weariness. "No! I won't speak of it now, Olga.
But will you do one thing for me? Will you put it off for a short time? I'll tell you what I've planned; your uncle and I talked it all over.
I must leave this house before _he_ comes back, to-morrow morning.
I can't go to your uncle's house, as he asked me; you see why it is better not, don't you? The best will be to go into lodgings for a time, and not to let _him_ know where I am, till I hear whether he will accept the terms I offer.
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