21/40 Life without her would be impossible; he would not know what to do about the simplest matter. Life without her...oh! but it was incredible! Like a blind man he had groped his way up to the schoolroom. He did not want to see the children, nor Miss Jones, but he must be moving, must be doing something that would break in upon that terrible ominous pause that the whole world seemed to him, at this moment, to be making. He said: "Oh! Where's Miss Jones ?" "She's in the next room," said Jeremy, looking at his father. Jeremy left his toy village and stood up. |