make it clear to her? I've tried—but I couldn't even begin; I'd have done nothing but cry if I'd tried to go any further with her. Will you do it, Mr. Rennie?"
In return, he asked her a question as serious. "Do you think it's possible for anyone to make such a thing clear to a girl of twenty-one in love?"
Miss Orbison looked up at him desperately. "We've got to try, haven't we? Will you try?"
"Yes," he said. "I'll go this afternoon."
