"Charmingly put as always, Stern."

She turns away, and Darlington hopes she'll pick up the things she'd come for and go--and, at the same time, that she'll stay. Even now, after all they've said that they can never take back, he's not going to show her to the door.

"Does it matter to you if I care or not? Because you've made it more than clear what my place ought to be."