Part 2, Chapter 5: The Die Is Cast

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌⁠On Sunday morning she and Leslie went to Church.

In the afternoon they walked again, aimlessly. She felt that she was only living until Monday, until his return to tell her something. In the evening the two girls sat out on a seat on Parliament Hill; near where the man with the standing telescope used to offer peeps at London for a penny a time. Far, far below, lay London under her web of twinkling