"I was going to shoot you, but I've changed my mind.

We're all friends in this compartment." Stella squeezed his hand hard.

"Everard, I love you for that!" she said simply.

"Do you think we could make friends with the monkeys too ?" "And the jackals and the scorpions and the dear little _karaits_," said Monck.

"No doubt we could if we lived long enough." "Don't laugh at me!" she protested.