The tide had turned and was beginning to go out.

Griggs watched her handsome profile in silence for a time.
'You have not many intimate friends, have you ?' she asked presently.
'No, only one or two.' She smiled.
'I'm not trying to get confidences from you.

But really, that is very vague.

You must surely know whether you have only one, or whether there is another.

I'm not suggesting myself as a third, either!' 'Perhaps I'm over-cautious,' Griggs said.