I've been there myself.

Bring the water, Ali! Only half a cup, Miss Adams; you shall have some more presently.
Now your turn, Mrs.Belmont! Dear me, dear me, you poor souls, how my heart does bleed for you! There's bread and meat in the basket, but you must be very moderate at first." He chuckled with joy, and slapped his fat hands together as he watched them.
"But the others ?" he asked, his face turning grave again.
The Colonel shook his head.

"We left them behind at the wells.

I fear that it is all over with them." "Tut, tut!" cried the clergyman, in a boisterous voice, which could not cover the despondency of his expression; "you thought, no doubt, that it was all over with me, but here I am in spite of it.

Never lose heart, Mrs.Belmont.