Did you expect me ?' 'I thought you might come, as you spoke of it.' 'How I have got through the week I couldn't tell you.

I should have been here days ago, but I was afraid.

Let us go nearer to the sea.

I was afraid of making you angry.' 'It's better to keep one's word.' 'Of course it is.

And I am all the more delighted to be with you for the miserable week of waiting.