George blinked his eyes and also fell to wondering if they had served him honestly, or if, on the other hand, he too had merely imagined something incredible.
They did not question her.

The incident was closed.

They were never to ask her why she had wept in their presence.

They were never to know what had moved her to tears.

Instinctively and quite naturally they shrank from the closer intimacy that such a course would involve.