'No? I didn't know anything of this sort was on foot--' Brangwen smiled
awkwardly.
Birkin looked back at him, and said to himself: 'I wonder why it should
be "on foot"!' Aloud he said:
'No, it's perhaps rather sudden.' At which, thinking of his
relationship with Ursula, he added--'but I don't know--'
'Quite sudden, is it? Oh!' said Brangwen, rather baffled and annoyed.
'In one way,' replied Birkin, '--not in another.'
There was a moment's pause, after which Brangwen said:
'Well, she pleases herself--'
'Oh yes!' said Birkin, calmly.
A vibration came into Brangwen's strong voice, as he replied:
'Though I shouldn't want her to be in too big a hurry, either. It's no
good looking round afterwards, when it's too late.'
'Oh, it need never be too late,' said Birkin, 'as far as that goes.'
'How do you mean?' asked the father.
'If one repents being married, the marriage is at an end,' said Birkin.
'You think so?'
'Yes.'
'Ay, well that may be your way of looking at it.
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