House of Storm
“It was an old room, dark, with its panels of teakwood, its shelves of old leather-bound books, its mahogany writing table, its green-shaded lamp.
After a long moment Roy went to the swivel chair and sat down, leaning his elbows on the worn black-leather cushions on its arms. He didn’t look at Jim. He didn’t look at Nonie, but only sat there, staring at the desk, leaning forward a little.
Jim said: “We didn’t mean it to happen. Believe me, Roy. I intended to leave; that’s one of the reas...ons. I didn’t intend to come back. But when I knew that Nonie loved me everything was different.”
Wind pushed at the shutters behind him as if it wanted to get into the room, into the house; as if it resented man-made barriers and was determined to do away with them.
Roy said at last, heavily, staring at the desk: “I’ll not make Nonie marry me if she doesn’t want to.”
“I know exactly what my position is now,”MoreLess
After a long moment Roy went to the swivel chair and sat down, leaning his elbows on the worn black-leather cushions on its arms. He didn’t look at Jim. He didn’t look at Nonie, but only sat there, staring at the desk, leaning forward a little.
Jim said: “We didn’t mean it to happen. Believe me, Roy. I intended to leave; that’s one of the reas...ons. I didn’t intend to come back. But when I knew that Nonie loved me everything was different.”
Wind pushed at the shutters behind him as if it wanted to get into the room, into the house; as if it resented man-made barriers and was determined to do away with them.
Roy said at last, heavily, staring at the desk: “I’ll not make Nonie marry me if she doesn’t want to.”
“I know exactly what my position is now,”MoreLess
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