“No. But I know you, and where you are concerned can make a guess.”
“You would have been free, Burgwan; and I could have cleared matters.”
“He was a fool, or he would have guessed and accepted the offer.”
“What do you mean? Guessed what?”
“That the moment I woke I should have ridden back to the camp.”
“Burgwan!”
“Do you think I should have left you in the lurch? It’s not the way we treat women in England, or in America.”
“But you don’t understand. I should have been in no danger. Once under Austrian protection I could have explained.”
“Explained what?”
“Who I am. You have never asked me.”