If I thought the boy was in no danger, I'd leave him alone, Paul finished. Thank goodness! Oh, heavens! Thankgoodness! Paul steered closer to the riverbank as the stranger ran down toward him. He shook Fredericks awake. With her sleeve she dabbed at her own eyes, pink around the edges but still dry.
She blinked away tears and wiped her cheeks with her hands. If Orlando dreamed, he did not remember any of it when he woke in late afternoon with the sunbeating down on the sand a few inches away and his head pillowed against Fredericks' leg. Thenyou step through and leave us alone, like you said. And running water.
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