first time. "Why do you want to go?"

"Why?" he burst out. "Because I can't bear being with you and near you
all day long, when I care for you, and you don't care for me. 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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