“That is exactly what they have already done,” Ivor replied. “They have gone too far and now it is impossible for them to go back. So we have to leave Russia and find somewhere else to live.”
“But how can we possibly afford it?” Alvita asked. “From what you have just said no one is likely to buy our house or the land and as you know Papa never had a great deal of money in the Bank.”
“I have already drawn out what he had,” Ivor told her, “and you are quite right in thinking it a comparatively small sum.”
“What shall we do?” Alvita asked, her voice rising a little as the horror began to percolate into her mind.
It was then that they heard the door open and a voice said,
“I thought that you would be here, Ivor. You must admit that I have been quick in doing what I had to do.”
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