A good deal was revealed to both of them in that instant, but the man dare not admit it, and was master of himself.
"Yes," he said, very simply, "I am glad you are across." Maud Barrington laughed.

"I scarcely fancy the risk was very great, but tell me about the bridge," she said.

"You are living beside it ?" "Yes," said Winston.

"In a tent.

I must have it finished before harvest, you see!" The girl understood why this was necessary, but deciding that she had on other occasions ventured sufficiently far with that topic, moved on across the bridge.
"A tent," she said, "cannot be a very comfortable place to live in, and who cooks for you ?" Winston smiled dryly.