uldn't care how many Town Halls
he was buried under, as long as Jimmy didn't go and dig him out. And
then, suddenly, he went straight for it.
"Jimmy," he said, "did you run away with my sister, or didn't you? I
don't care whether you did or not, but--did you?"
"No, I didn't," said Jimmy.
"Then what the dickens," Reggie said, "were you doing together in
Bruges?"
"We were looking at the Belfry," said Jimmy.
And Reggie shook his head. "That's beyond me," he said.
"Yes," said Viola. "But it wasn't beyond Jimmy."
That's the real story of Tasker Jevons and his wife.
Don't ask me what would have happened to them if there hadn't been a war.
I've tried to show you the sort of man he was. He knew his hour even
before it found him. And you cannot separate him from his hour.
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