A voice inside her head kept urging: "_Time_! _Time_! _Give me time_!" "Please, Roger," she began with unwonted humility.

"I'd rather you didn't tell people just yet." But Trenby objected.
"I don't see that there's anything gained by waiting," he said doggedly.
"Time!.

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_Time_!" reiterated the voice inside Nan's head.
"To please me, Roger," she begged.