22/23 At the door she observed that the ground was still wet. "You must get them, Mrs.Jerry; I insist." She hesitated. (Her room was on the third floor.) "It is very good of you to be so thoughtful of me," she said, "but----" "But I have no right to try to take care of you," he interposed in a melancholy voice. Let us go." "I sha'n't be two minutes," said Mrs.Jerry, in a flutter, and went off hastily for her goloshes, while he looked fondly after her. |