I don't take a step of this
kind without maturely considering it. Have I made many blunders
as yet?'
'As yet, not that I know of.'
'Do I impress you as one likely to commit follies?'
'I had rather wait a little before answering that.'
'That is to say, you prefer to prophesy after the event. Very
well, we shall see.'
In the length of Gower Street they talked of several other things
less personal. By degrees the tone of their conversation had
become what it was used to be, now and then almost confidential.
'You are still at the same lodgings?' asked Amy, as they drew
near to the railway station.
'I moved yesterday, so that the girls and I could be under the
same roof--until the next change.'
'You will let us know when that takes place?'
He promised, and with exchange of smiles which were something
like a challenge they took leave of each other.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE LONELY MAN
A touch of congestion in the right lung was a warning to Reardon
that his half-year of insufficient food and general waste of
strength would make the coming winter a hard time for him, worse
probably than the last.
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