“How could I have anything to tell when I’ve just spent two years in trenches and hospitals?”
“You haven’t been in trenches and hospitals during the last ten days. Oh, don’t say anything if you don’t want to. I’m not in the least curious.”
“Of course you’re not. No one would ever think so.”
“I’ve only been—well, just a little afraid.”
“What were you afraid of?”
“Of the situation. I suppose it wasn’t an accident that you took the boat that she was on?”
“No, it wasn’t an accident. But what has that to do with it?”
“Just that much—that you did it on purpose.”
“So that you were afraid on my account?”