"But he shot you——"
"I was well cared for—in a hospital."
"You were wounded—dangerously?"
"Yes, but I don't die easily. I'm quite well again."
"Are you sure?"
He laughed. "Could I be here, else? Your cliffs are steep——"
"You climbed——?"
"Yes, up a fissure and through the ruins. I saw you—there in the window—from across the gorge. I heard you call, Marishka——"
"Call——?"
"That you were not afraid to die."