‘I should like to be religious.’
George said:
‘So should I.’
I wished already, that I had been kinder to George. I knew how
hard it must have been for him to say all that to me. I was grateful
to him for caring about it at all.
We had left the river now, and were walking through streets with
more warehouses and yards. We came out soon to Westminster, and
crossed the wide space in front of the Houses of Parliament.
We stood and waited for a bus.
George said:
‘Forgive me, Helen. I am afraid I have made it worse. I am sorry,
if I have.’