"But really it's much better for me to be with my husband here.

I stayed at Shamkura just as long as I could possibly bear it, and then I just had to come back here.

I don't think I shall get ill--really.

And if I do"-- she made a little foreign gesture of the hands--"I'll nurse myself." As Merryon had foretold, it was useless to argue with her.

She dismissed all argument with airy unreason.