"Roger is not a man to be picked up and put down at any woman's whim--as you would find out if you tried to do it." Inwardly Nan felt bitterly conscious that this was true.

She didn't believe for a moment that Roger would release her, however much she might implore him to.

And unless he himself released her, her pledge to him must stand.
"As to going away"-- Lady Gertrude was speaking again.

"Where would you go ?" "To the flat, of course." "Do you mean to the flat you used to share with Mrs.Fenton ?"--on a glacial note of incredulity.
"Yes." "Who is living there ?" Nan looked puzzled.

What did it matter to Lady Gertrude who lived there?
"No one, just now.