'No. No, I must get back.'
'Why?' I asked.
'— I've a lot to do.' She stood irresolute, her face clouded.
'If you've got so much to do,' I said, 'why didn't you let Slim or Friar bring the basket down?'
'I've told you,' she answered quickly. 'I thought you might need some bread for your lunch.' She started up the slope.
'Kitty,' I said. 'Don't go — please. I want to talk to you.'
'No,' she said. 'I thought you'd be down the mine. I didn't expect to find you here.'
She was hurrying up the slope. I got to my feet. 'Well, if you won't come and talk to me, I'll have to come and talk to you,' I said.
'Go back to the mine,' she said. 'You oughtn't to be out here in the open.'
I caught up with her, 'Please,' I said. 'I must talk to you.'