I can hardly think about that money at all, or those scoundrels trying to rob me.

I am here with you, and you love me--what more can I ask?
Is that silly, dear ?" He laughed, and kissed her, neither giving a thought to their dripping garments, or a regret for the hardships they had passed through.

They were there alone, safe, together--all else for the moment mattered not.
"Yes, I love you, Natalie, dear," he answered.

"So it is not silly at all.

But we must seek shelter and food.