"No." "You are sure ?" she said.
"Yes." He spoke with curt decision, yet oddly she wondered for a fleeting second if he had told her the truth.
His look seemed to challenge the doubt, to beat it down.

Half shyly, she held out her hand.
"Good night," she said.
His fingers grasped and released it.

He turned with her to the door.

"I will show you your room" he said..