"What happened to you ?" he asked finally.
"Nothing!" Piers found his voice at last, it was low and shamed.

"Nothing whatever! You--you--my God!--I thought you were dead, that's all." "That all ?" said Tudor.

He put his hand up to his temple.

There was a fair-sized lump there already, and it was swelling rapidly.
Piers nodded again.

The deathly pallor had gone from his face, but he still avoided Tudor's eyes.