THE REDEMPTION OF ANTHONY
"What you need is change. Why not go away for awhile? Why not go abroad?"
"I can't. I must work."
"Take your work along."
"Will you go, too?"
"I? I can not. There's Priscilla—"
"Then I can't go. I can't work without you"—impatiently.
"You haven't tried."
"There's no use trying. I know. Your judgment, your taste—I must have them until I'm bigger, surer of myself."
"And then?",
He stopped as if she had interrupted a train of thought. "What?"
"Nothing—nothing."
"Do you think it's been worth your while?"
"Eminently."
"And what have you gotten out of it—except a little vicarious joy?"
"I'm essential to you in your work—you've just said it—that is my reward."
He drew a chair up beside her and took
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