"Isn't it dark ?" "Don't be frightened," he answered gently.

"Come close to me.

You are cold." She crept to him shivering, thankful for the shielding arm he threw around her.
"The sunrise can't be far off," he said.

"I expect you are hungry, aren't you ?" She was very hungry, and he put a biscuit into her hand.

The very fact of eating there in the darkness in some measure reassured her.