And she shrieked when she was lifted up and set carefully on her feet. Are you hurt? Richard asked anxiously. I was just checking the floor, she said, trying to catch her breath. You scared me to death. You frightened me to death, he countered. Don’t just lie down thusly without warning! By the saints, Richard Kendrick said with a laugh from behind Richard, let the girl be. You’ll smother her with all that mother-henning.