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Constance's pride urged her to refuse the offer. But in truth her sole objection to it was that she had not thought of the scheme herself. For the scheme really reconciled her wish to remain where she was with her wish to be free of the shop.
"I shall make him put me in a new window in the parlour -- one that will open! " she said positively to Cyril, who accepted Mr. Critchlow's idea with fatalistic indifference.