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"No," replied Sir Ronald, in answer to his wife's question, "I would rather that you did not go to London with me. I shall like to bid you farewell here, so that my last picture of you may be in our home, Hermione. I cannot fancy you on board a ship, or by a steamer's side, or on a crowded platform. I like to picture you here under the rich, rippling shade of the green trees I love so well."
"It shall be as you wish," she replied. "I wanted to be with you as long as I could, Ronald, but if it pleases you, we will part here at home."