Though she looked at him long without speaking, she seemed to say all there was to say, so that the brief span was full of anguish for him.

He sighed with relief when the consciousness faded again from her look, and she fell to babbling once more of some long gone day in her girlhood.
When the wagon halted he was called outside by the driver, who wished instructions regarding the camp to be made.

A few moments later he was back, and raised the side of the wagon cover to let in the light.

The look on her face alarmed him.

It seemed to tell unmistakably that the great change was near.