[She doesn't answer him immediately. No one to hide them from is to the quick, and it's forced its way into her head now--(She had hidden many things to avoid Barbet's scorn. Always trying to hide what an animal she was becoming, the animal he was letting her become.) The frown is slight, and she responds distractedly,]
Not yet.
[It probably goes without saying that she's hungry.]
too early;
Not yet.
[It probably goes without saying that she's hungry.]