I knew he had done it to prevent your coming back here for a while." "Your reasoning was most unfeminine in its correctness," approved Gavin, still forcing himself to resist the piteous pleading in her voice.
He could see her flinch under the harshness of his tone as she added: "And all at once I realized what it must mean to you and what you must think of us--after all you'd done for Milo.

And I knew how a beast like Roke would be likely to treat you when he knew my brother and Rodney had left you there at the mercy of his companionship.

There was no use talking to them.

It might be hours before I could convince them and make them go or send for you.

And I couldn't bear to have you kept there all that time.