“Oh yes! But Staunton has made me come up with him to see the doctor again. We came yesterday; I was tired to-day, so I have only just come downstairs. But I am a great deal better.”
After this Florella sat down on a low chair in front of the fire, and there was a silence. She could speak no more commonplaces.
“You know,” said Guy, after a minute, “that I was not beaten. I was not quite too late.”
“Yes, I know.”
“It was very hard.”
“Very.”
“You helped me.”
“I tried.”
“Do you know what happened?”
“No.”