And then".

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Bernardine had unconsciously put her hand on his arm; her face was full of suffering.
"And then ?" she asked, with almost painful eagerness.
"And then I shall follow your Dutchman's example," he said deliberately.
Bernardine's hand fell from the Disagreeable Man's arm.
She shivered.
"You are cold, you little thing," he said, almost tenderly for him.
"You are shivering." "Was I ?" she said, with a short laugh.

"I was wondering when you would get your freedom, and whether you would use it in the fashion you now intend!" "Why should there be any doubt ?" he asked.
"One always hopes there would be a doubt," she said, half in a whisper.
Then he looked up, and saw all the pain on the little face..