"I don't want to go back to town.

And I can't stay in this deserted place, if every one is leaving it." "I'll keep the cook.

She can fix you a room in one of the cottages and stay there with you.

However, it would be best to go back." "But I won't." She shook her head with an attempt at levity.

"I've come all this distance, worried to death every moment over you, and now I'm going to stay until I'm sure that everything's all right.