The Ogre listened with his eyes fixed on Nancy.
"Well? Then what?"
"Ah!" said Nancy. "Then what!" And she sighed.
"Do you want to leave her here?" asked the Ogre.
"No," said Nancy.
"Do you want to take her with you?"
"N-no," said Nancy.
"Then what?" said the Ogre again.
Nancy raised her clouded eyes under their wing-like eyebrows to his strong face. "Help me," she said.
He finished smoking his cigar without speaking; then he helped her. He looked in her face with his firm eyes while he spoke to her.