They heard the flapping of great wings; they heard the fruit go pattering through the leaves and eventually fall with a thud.

The silence was again profound.
"Does this frighten you ?" Terence asked when the sound of the fruit falling had completely died away.
"No," she answered.

"I like it." She repeated "I like it." She was walking fast, and holding herself more erect than usual.

There was another pause.
"You like being with me ?" Terence asked.
"Yes, with you," she replied.
He was silent for a moment.

Silence seemed to have fallen upon the world.
"That is what I have felt ever since I knew you," he replied.