“I’m afraid of that.”
“Exactly. He’s safe—where you left him?”
“There’s somebody with him.”
“Who won’t let anything happen?”
“Yes.”
“So far, good.”
“But what am I to do?”
“What are you to do?” he echoed, and said no more for some seconds.
“Well?” she said.
“What in fact are we to do? I ought to see him. Decidedly. Yes, I ought to see him.”