"I know," Emilia said; Kit would never expect to see her here, and it was for precisely that reason that she was nervous about him seeing her. But as long as he wasn't looking for her, which he wouldn't be, then Winnie was right — she could not freak him out by being spotted if he could not spot her in the first place.

"It's more — well, I suppose it's silly if I ask do you think he'll get hurt," she said, with a frown.

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