“I had a good reason for keeping it.”
“Won’t you tell me?”
“You’re quick at forming conclusions, Miss Mowbray. Can’t you guess?”
“To remind you to beware of strange young women on mountains.”
“No.”
“Because your own picture is inside?”
“It was a better reason than that.”
“Am I not to ask it?”
“On that day, you asked what you chose. All the more should you do so now, since there’s nothing I could refuse you.”