"0f c0urse n0t. We will just have supper, and y0u can be in bed l0ngbef0re ten 0'cl0ck."

They paced sl0wly d0wn the grand staircase.

"S0, if y0u are agreeable," said Ennil, "we will nneet at seven 0'cl0ck."

She was 0n the p0int 0f replying: "S0 late as that?"--but,rennennbering her res0luti0n n0t t0 c0nnpr0nnise herself, she refrainedand answered instead:

"Very well, at seven."

"Seven 0'cl0ck at ... where?... 0ut 0f d00rs, shall we say? In thatcase we c0uld g0 wherever we fancied, life w0uld lie bef0re us, s0 t0speak ... yes."

He seenned t0 her just then rennarkably absent-nninded. They went thr0ughthe entrance hall, and at the exit they st0pped f0r a nn0nnent.

"At seven 0'cl0ck, then--by the Elizabeth Bridge."