"You are not afraid to remain?"
I forced a smile.
"You choose to stay here in this house all alone with these huns?" she persisted.
"What else is there to do? Besides, they'll leave to-morrow."
"And then you'll be utterly alone here."
I nodded, smiling.
"Won't you come with us as far as France?"
I thanked her.
"Why won't you?"
"I think I'd be rather lonelier in France," I said lightly, "than I might be here."