“What for?”
“Till I'm wanted.”
“You don't care for me any more,” said Diamond, almost crying now.
“Yes I do. Only I can't show it. All my love is down at the bottom of my heart. But I feel it bubbling there.”
“What do you want me to do next, dear North Wind?” said Diamond, wishing to show his love by being obedient.
“What do you want to do yourself?”
“I want to go into the country at your back.”
“Then you must go through me.”
“I don't know what you mean.”
“I mean just what I say. You must walk on as if I were an open door, and go right through me.”