"Sit down," he said.
She did so, and he took up his stand beside her, one foot lodged upon the stone.

In the silence that followed she was aware of his eyes upon her, intently watching her face.

She gripped her hands hard around her knees, enduring his scrutiny with a fast-throbbing heart.

She expected some curt, soul-searching question at the end of it.

But none came.