Shall we go ? Your uncle will be uneasy . '' `` Where are we ? '' asked Amy , glad to move on , for the interview was becoming too personal even for her , and the stranger 's manner fluttered her , though she enjoyed the romance of the adventure immensely . `` We are in the park which surrounds the castle . You were near the entrance to it from the vaults when you fainted . '' `` I wish I had kept on a little longer , and not disgraced myself by such a panic . '' `` Nay , that is a cruel wish , for then I should have lost the happiness of helping you . '' They had been walking side by side , but were forced to pause on reaching a broken flight of steps , for Amy could not see the way before her . `` Let me lead you ; it is steep and dark , but better than going a long way round through the dew , '' he said , offering his hand . `` Must we return by these dreadful vaults ? '' faltered Amy , shrinking back . `` It is the shortest and safest route , I assure you . '' `` Are you sure you know the way ? '' `` Quite sure . I have lived here by the week together . Do you fear to trust me ? '' `` No ; but it is so dark , and everything is so strange to me . Can we get down safely ? I see nothing but a black pit . ''
And XXXXX still hesitated , with an odd mixture of fear and coquetry .
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