No, I-- [...Hey, how did he know what she had been brought here in?]

I guess so.... [And he said "brought here." So it sounds like he was also kidnapped. But if he had been, how could he laugh like that about it? There was no way. He had to be lying somehow.

In contrast to Adell's loosening stance, Fenimore seems to be getting increasingly uncomfortable. Her grip on his journal is tightening--if her hands weren't a bit pale from the cold already, her knuckles would be whitening.]