Evening star., 1937-11-07

him in calmness again. Twilight came
softly down the river - barefooted
woman going home from the fields.
Quietness and the calling of children
below them. The green of the valley
faded into smoke blue and faded again
into the gray of old wells and there was
an infinite quietude in their hearts.
With it, he knew what it was that he
would do.
Every port would be closed to them
in twenty-four hours. Every railroad
station watched. every airport. State
alarms would be out on the teletype.
State policemen would be stopping
cars. There would be no haven - no
hope of escape - except one and that
was the one they must take.
What is it, Stuart?"
New York" he said quietly.
What about New York;"
New York - for a year." he said.
Il shall 60 in tonight and arrange
everything. That is the only place in
the world to hide Second Avenue -
Tenth Avenue. A cold water fiat -
no coat for me - skirt and sweater
for you. I'll get job to fit the picture
- and we'll have the most gorgeous
time Cheap movies and cheap food -
and the crowds to hide US. Well step
out of the picture for year. That is
what it will cost us - one year of
watching everything we do - of liv-
ing as the people around us live = of
poverty and discomfort and heaven
knows what - but if we can weather
it, we can have the rest of our lives.
At the end of a year we can go some
where. The chase will die down in that
time - and where we 60 won't ever
matter to us for we'll have each other.
Don't you see what game we have to
play? We're playing for our lives to-
gether - stalking the stalkers - for
what they have no right to take from
u.s."
do you think l will do that to
you?"
you have no choice" he said, "for
that is what roe are going to do"
Stuart" she said. wed be like
frightened rats in a week. afraid to
leave each other for fear of what we
would find when we came back. Afraid
of every face in every crowd - afraid
of eyes ="
1T doesn't matter - we can do It.
Every clerk in every food shop.
every policeman, every ="
1T doesn't matter"
"A year of it, Stuart - with defeat
in every minute. Each foot on the stair
- each knock at the door. No, dar-
ling"
He said, Nothing will ever make
me give you up. This thing is possible
and will do it. I'll plan it to the small
est detail - I'll make it foolproof." He
stood up. Il s0iH have you. Renee"
She sat back in her chair. looking up
at him through the gathering dark
ness. He was tah and straight there
before her, with fneness in every line
of him. A product of fine people and
fine schools. with stamina in his mind
and the light of decency in his eyes.
and she wanted desperately to close
her own eyes forever with that sight
of him always in her memory.
Neither of them moved or spoke
for moment. Then very quickly she
stood up and took step toward him.
Stuart" she said. "yov will go
back to New York now"
mo" he shook his head.
you will 60 back - to your own
life and forget about me. please"
He said, Renee"
You told me in the cab that first
night that I could never lie to you.
But could. Stuart. Look at my eyes,"
What about your eyes?"
I'm going to tell you something
while you look at them - something
that you don't know - that you
believe from anyone but me.
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