“Minewasaveryfoolishrequest，“sheadmittedquietly。“IamsorrythatIevermadeit。Itwasjustanimpulse，becausethelittlebuildingwewerespeakingofhasbeenconnectedwithoneortwoverydisagreeableepisodes。Nevertheless，itwasfoolishofme。Howlongdidyouthinkofstayingthere-thatis，“sheadded，withafaintsmile，“providingthatyoufinditpossibletoproveyourclaimandtakeuppossession？“
“Oh，justforaweekorso，“heansweredlightly，“andastoregainingpossessionofit，“hewenton，aslightlypugnaciousinstinctstirringhim，“Idon’timaginethatthere’llbeanydifficultyaboutthat。“
“Really！“shemurmured。
“NotthatIwanttomakemyselfdisagreeable，“hecontinued，“buttheTowerismine，rightenough，evenifIhaveletitremainunoccupiedforsometime。“
Sheletdownthewindow-ataskinwhichhehastenedtoassisther。