"I don't wonder. It doesn't much matter——" Her voice flagged and strained.
They walked on in silence.
She began again abruptly.
"Of course you thought I was mad. I knew you would. I do myself, sometimes. Any one would. Even Clare. That's why I never told any one. But it never happened when I was awake before."
"I wonder if you would tell me exactly what happened?"
"I was frightened," she began irresolutely.
"For a moment I wondered if a tramp——"
She laughed shakily.
"I'm a match for the average tramp, I think. I'm head of the games."
He was amused.