7/43 Tell sister, what is it ?' '_You_ tell _me_,' said Philip slowly. But you _must_ tell me; you promised you'd never have any secrets from me, Helen, you know you did.' Helen put her arm round him and said nothing. And from her silence Pip drew the most desperate and harrowing conclusions. The silence lasted. The canary in the green cage that hung in the window put its head on one side and tweaked a seed husk out into Philip's face, then twittered defiantly. |