As long as he still likes her even if she won’t be joining him in any multi-day hikes. Day hikes, she could be persuaded to do. She would dress properly for them and would probably have a lovely time, so long as they don’t involve leeches.

“No,” she says. “It’s a lot of businesses, which are closed at night, but there are restaurants and clubs too. If you stay where there are a lot of people, you’re less likely to get mugged.”

Midge isn’t naive enough to think that she could never get hurt in New York, but she’s not afraid to go out on her own either.

“If I started carrying that thing around though—“ She points to Robert’s large game rifle. “-I doubt anyone would mess with me.”