It was Morton.
'I'm so used to being alone.'
'Use is a second nature, I will not interrupt your solitude.'
'But sometimes one gets tired of solitude.'
'Would you like to share your solitude? You can have half of mine.'
'I'm sure it is very kind of you, but—-' It was on Mildred's tongue to ask him what he had done with Rose Turner. She said instead, 'and where does your solitude hang out?'
'Chiefly in the forest. Shall we go there?'
'Is it far? I don't know where the others have gone.'
'They're in the forest, we walk there every evening; we shall meet them.'
'How far is the forest?'