human
For Miss Odell, by district messenger,
gpt
Is there an answer?
human
I have to go to-morrow morning,
gpt
Oh, darling, cried Grace, springing up as Maida rose,
human
The only thing I _can't_ do, dear, is to break my promise, the girl cut in.
gpt
I must go, and she asks me to travel alone to Salthaven. That's the nearest station for the Sisterhood House. She gives me the time of the train I'm to take--seven o'clock. After all, why isn't one day the same as another? Only, it's hard to say good-bye.
human
Could it be that she was sorry? I dared ask myself. But before I had time to realise how irrevocable it all was, I stood outside Odell's closed door. I stared at the barrier for a minute before getting into my car, and tried to make the oak panels transparent.
gpt
I won't let her go out of my life like this, I said.
human
I'll fight.
gpt
I believe, Lord John, a big box arrived for you. It was before I came on duty, but you'll find it in your suite.