"Do you not remember? You are here in the wood where the doctor overtook us," he replied.
"And where is he?"
"He has returned."
"Has something dreadful happened?"
"Nothing."
"But I saw you clench with each other, and it was awful! What happened then? I must have fainted. Did I?"
"Yes, you fainted. Were you so frightened?"
"Oh, terribly! I thought that you would kill each other! It was horrible, horrible! But where is he now?"
"He has returned."
"Returned? Do you mean that he has gone back without me? How did you persuade him to do that?"