These were the mixed signals she was talking about. It seemed like one minute Ransom was trying to butter her up and make her feel safe, and then the next minute he turned all cool and passive and wouldn't answer her questions.
At this point, she just wanted to know if she was eventually going to make it back home. Yes, there was some indecent, promiscuous part of her that wondered what it would be like to stay with Ransom a bit longer and see about making some of those previous fantasies become a reality, but the smart, sensible part of her was beginning to win out.
She didn't want to skirt around whatever was happening any longer. Ransom had said he didn't want to hurt her, but he'd also said he couldn't let her go yet. His reasoning was that it was too late, and they were in a bad p
