He had not known it long, and yet it was as though he had always known it.
“Jo––comrade––are you safe?”
“Yes, and you? Oh, David!” she spoke his name hesitatingly, “David, where did you go?”
“I was hurt a little. I lost consciousness.”
“Hurt, David?”
“Not seriously, but that is why I couldn’t come back. I was carried to a hospital.”
“David!”
Her voice was tender with sympathy.
“And you––I came back to the study for you. You were gone.”
“We were hidden. There is a secret room where we stayed until daylight.”