[W]e got ourselves at once in marching order, and began to slip from rock to rock one after the other, now crawling flat on our bellies in the shade, now making a run for it, heart in mouth.

She broke two bones in her body in a car crash.

Verses: Give them an inch, they take a yard Give them a yard, they take a mile Once a man and twice a child And everything is just for a while

He is afraid that she will tarnish his reputation if he disagrees with her.