yes, and as you are! Oh, you haven't told me, but I can see with half an eye.

With nobody who cares ...

the both of us!" He was real in this moment.

She was given a glimpse of his soul.
She wanted to take him in her arms and hush him, but she sat perfectly still.

Then came the shock of the knowledge that soon he would be going upon his way, that there would be no one to depend upon her; and all the old loneliness came smothering down upon her again.