The Girl caught her breath in a swift spasm of surprise and wonder.

She turned to the Harvester.
"What was it you wanted to say to me ?" she asked hurriedly.
The Harvester was not the man to miss the goods the gods provided.

Truly this was his lucky day.

Unhesitatingly he took the plunge.
"Precisely what he said to her.

And if you observed closely, you noticed that she didn't ask him 'why.'" Before she could open her lips, he was gone, his swift strides carrying him through the woods..