“Well, I’m not surprid,” said Helmholtz. After a silenbsp;“We’ve e to say good-bye,” he went on in another tone. “We’re off to-morrow m.”
“Yes, we’re off to-morrow,” said Bernard on who fabsp;the Savage remarked a new expression of determined resignation. “And by the way, John,” he tinued, leaning forward in his chair and laying a hand on the Savage’s knee, “I want to say how sorry I am about everything that happened yesterday.” He blushed. “How ashamed,” he went on, in spite of the unsteadiness of his voibsp;“how really…”
The Savage bsp;him short and, taking his hand, affeately presd it.
“Helmholtz was wonderful to me,” Bernard resumed, after a little pau. “If it hadn’t been for him, I should…”
“Now, now,” Helmholtz protested.
There was a silenbsp;In spite of their sadness–bebsp;of it, even; for their sadness was the symptom of their love for one ahe three young men were happy.
“I went to e the troller this m,” said the Savage at last.
“What for?”
“Well, I’m not surprid,” said Helmholtz. After a silenbsp;“We’ve e to say good-bye,” he went on in another tone. “We’re off to-morrow m.”
“Yes, we’re off to-morrow,” said Bernard on who fabsp;the Savage remarked a new expression of determined resignation. “And by the way, John,” he tinued, leaning forward in his chair and laying a hand on the Savage’s knee, “I want to say how sorry I am about everything that happened yesterday.” He blushed. “How ashamed,” he went on, in spite of the unsteadiness of his voibsp;“how really…”
The Savage bsp;him short and, taking his hand, affeately presd it.
“Helmholtz was wonderful to me,” Bernard resumed, after a little pau. “If it hadn’t been for him, I should…”
“Now, now,” Helmholtz protested.
There was a silenbsp;In spite of their sadness–bebsp;of it, even; for their sadness was the symptom of their love for one ahe three young men were happy.
“I went to e the troller this m,” said the Savage at last.
“What for?”
“To ask if I mightn’t go to the islands with you.”
“And what did he say?” asked Helmholtz eagerly.
The Savage shook his head. “He wouldn’t let me.”
“Why not?”
“He said he wanted to go on with the experiment. But I’m damned,” the Savage added, with sudden fury, “I’m damned if I’ll go on being experimented with. Not for all the trollers in the world. l shall go away to-morrow too.”
“But where?” the others asked in unison.
The Savage shrugged his shoulders. “Anywhere. I don’t care. So long as I bsp;be alone.”