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`` If I may walk a little way with you . '' `` I do n't care where you walk with me , '' Julia replied vigorously , `` if it is n't into Marie 's flat . '' She set a brisk pace down the opposite side of the road , as if assuming that Osborn might pass them unnoticing on the other , and Rokeby kept step unprotestingly . `` It must be after six o'clock , '' he said presently . `` It is , '' she replied . `` Which is your way home ? '' Julia described her route with a brevity characteristic of her .