"Did I hurt you much when I fell on you tonight, Teddy?"
"Hurt me?"
"Yes?"
"You knocked the breath out of me. But don't let a little thing like that worry you. I thought the tent had fallen on me, or at least a center pole. Lucky I was there, wasn't it?"
"It was."
"You might have received a bump that you wouldn't have gotten over right away."
"I might have done so."
"I saved your life, didn't I?"
"Perhaps you did. I had only a few feet to drop, you know. I was ready to drop on all fours lightly when you happened to get in the way—"
"When I happened to get in the way?"