It wasn't really a comfortable way to spend one's time.
But she was looking at him like she expected an answer, and he couldn't exactly just run away from her because he didn't want to answer... For one, that would simply make it a bigger deal than it had to be. For another, he was sure she could outrun him. And her dog definitely could, and he wasn't entirely sure she wouldn't sic it on him in the name of getting some answers.