I can't eat, or sleep, or rest here now, and it's time I was away.
You might give me a good character as a station-manager," he went
on grimly, "even though I can't catch Red Mick for you. I'll get
you to make out my cheque, and then I'll be off up North."
She was looking down now. The sun had gone, and the stars were
peeping out, and in the dusk he could catch no glimpse of her face.
There was silence for a few moments, then he went on talking, half
to himself. "It's best for me, anyhow. It's time I made a start
for myself. I couldn't stay on here as manager all my life."
Then she spoke, very low and quietly.
"You wouldn't care to stay on--for anything else, then?"
"How do you mean for anything else, Miss Grant? You don't want me
for anything except as manager, do you?"
"Well," she said, "you haven't asked me yet whether I do or not!"
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