But you won't," he concluded.
"I've rather come to that way of thinking myself--about myself, I mean," said Mary, surprising him by her acquiescence.

"I should like to go somewhere far away." For a moment they were both silent.

Ralph then said: "But look here, Mary, you haven't been taking this seriously, have you ?" His irritation was spent, and the depression, which she could not keep out of her voice, made him feel suddenly with remorse that he had been hurting her.
"You won't go away, will you ?" he asked.

And as she said nothing, he added, "Oh no, don't go away." "I don't know exactly what I mean to do," she replied.

She hovered on the verge of some discussion of her plans, but she received no encouragement.