The Craze of Christina — page 181: what you’re looking at

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The Craze of Christina. 177 hitherto done. She was traveling with rela- | tions, she said. Well, that was better than knocking about France alone! He wondered who the relations were. She had never men- tioned her family to him, and he had imagined somehow that she was an orphan left alone in the world. Then she had expressed a belief about himself, that he was really in earnest, and that therefore he would certainly follow her. Well, he would do so, He sent for rail- way guides after dinner and planned out his re- turn journey. He ascertained that by catching the express Doat train on Sunday afternoon from here—Amiens—and by traveling all night and all the following day he could get back to Esselton late on the Monday evening. This was of course all that was necessary. As long as he could see Chris and then get back in time to save that fifty thousand pounds, nothing else mattered very much. She had led him a dance, but he should catch her at last, and when he — did so there would be no excuse possible for her. She must agree to his terms. A three years’ engagement ought to be nothing to her, and if she really loved him she would consent to bind herself to him; and they would manage to be happy, as happy as they could be till the time of probation was up. Comichookssco