[PM kneels down and starts helping him, gathering smaller bits into her skirt, because she does not want to just stand there like a fool.]
No, no, in your position, I would have done the very same thing. [Well, she probably would have asked who was there, first, but that's beside the point.] You tried to protect yourself and that is perfectly admirable. I should have not been sneaking around like a- a- sneaky thing.