"We dropped it in the lake." "We ?" said Piet.
She made a little hopeless gesture.
"Yes, Jerry and I.It's no good telling you how it happened.

You won't believe me if I do." He made no comment.

Only after a moment he put his hand on her shoulder.
"Have you anything else to say ?" he asked.
She shook her head without speaking.

She was shivering all over.
"Very well, then," he said.

"Come into the other room--you seem cold." She went with him submissively.