I wish I'd been nearer to you, but I couldn't possibly get up in time." "Oh, I think you were more useful where you were," she said, "thank you all the same.

I must have gone clean to the bottom otherwise.

I thought I had." She caught back an involuntary shudder, and in a moment the hand that held hers closed unceremoniously and drew her further from the edge of the cliff.
"You are sure you are none the worse, now ?" he said.

"Not giddy or anything ?" "No, not anything," she said.
But she was glad of his hold none the less, and he seemed to know it, for he kept her hand firmly clasped.
"You must let me see you back," he said.

"Where are you staying ?" "At Mrs.Rickett's," she told him.