‘You sod,’ she said tremulously. ‘I thought you were willing to die for me!’
‘And so I am, darling,’ he said sincerely. Then he grinned and added, ‘Just not today! One way or another, we still have far too much to do.’
‘Right!’ she answered. ‘Then let’s get me back into the warm and dry aboard your bloody ark, then do the same for everyone else we can find in this godforsaken place, shall we?’