There was no ferret to be found once they came to another rabbit hole. She nodded as he declined her offer. It was too bad her parasol was not at all enough for two. And besides that would require a closeness that even Dove would balk at since this was probably the longest she had been alone in a mans company.

She followed after him and accepted the offer of his help though that was not enough against the slippery slope for she ended up slipping and falling against him. "I'm so sorry," she apologized, cheeks flaming pink as she moved away. Would walking be made easier if she took off her shoes? She would see which way they would end up going and decide then, she supposed. "How do you know Virgil isn't squatting in there, waiting out the rain?"